by Gwen Vogelzang | Jun 29, 2020 | Juicy Randomness
So now what? Where from here? Work, school, church, health, justice, equity, political divide, family structures, travel….nothing is outside the realm of these unanswerable questions. This thing we refer to so broadly as “life” is a tipsy-turvy, up in the air,...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Apr 10, 2020 | Be Still and Know, I Want You To Know, Juicy Randomness, Special(ish) Needs
There’s a messy wad of unknowns right about now. Super messy. Like yarn mixed with sticks and chicken poop and hundreds of paper scraps and socks. Those are items I find myself cleaning up inside my zone of quarantine. You? It’s far too easy to focus on my...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Feb 18, 2020 | Juicy Randomness
Last night, as I ate dinner, prepared by an invisible human at a lovely establishment I didn’t have to clean up, a friend asked me a question. “What’s the hardest part of your parenting journey?” I paused. First and foremost, I needed a sip of...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Jan 30, 2020 | Juicy Randomness
Its been a year since we pulled our 2nd Penske beast into our 5 acre long driveway in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Almost to the day. So much of this past year has been a blur of silky smooth transitions that really should have been more pot hole in nature. The silk is not...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Jan 28, 2020 | Juicy Randomness
Every morning my feet hit the floor, or are pulled to the floor from my early rising daughter, the world tells me, in no uncertain terms, that it’s confused and torn and bleeding. Headlines are cap locked and urgent. Words like “oppression” and...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Sep 3, 2019 | Be Still and Know, Juicy Randomness
My 93 year-old Grandma (Strong Willed Woman #1) passed away last week. Given our miraculous existence as Grand Rapids, MI residents, I was able to spend hours upon hours by her bedside as hospice took over and she journeyed through the very sweet and haunting process...
