by Kayla Norris | Jun 11, 2023 | International Travel, Loving Jesus
I needed a change of pace, but I didn’t know it. In March, my schedule looked more like a wobbly Jenga tower than a calendar. Someone would ask me if we could meet, and it felt like they had their finger at the tower, about to shove. I mean, my year...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 4, 2023 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus
Two-year-olds are picky eaters. If you’ve had a toddler, or spent a few hours with one—you know. One moment they’re chowing down their spaghetti. The next moment? It’s splattered across the floor. I mean, sometimes it’s an accident....
by Kayla Norris | Jan 30, 2023 | Grief, Loving Jesus, Relationships
Before it was Planet Fitness, it was Borders Books. Yes, in Kona. I still haven’t quite forgiven Borders for going bankrupt and leaving us without a massive bookshop.(But what am I talking about, I left Kona before Borders did—so who’s really to blame?) But before it...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 11, 2022 | International Travel, Loving Jesus, Prayer & Worship
We sing a lot. I show up to an increasingly crowded room full of people I kind-of know, and we sing songs. Sometimes they’re songs about God’s holiness, sometimes we rant about how much we love him, sometimes he belts out how much he likes us, which is...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 18, 2021 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
Some days I don’t even put out the paint. The kids in my classroom range from the stick-everything-in-their-mouth stage, to full conversations about dinosaur underwear (in other words, 1.5-3ish years old). But whatever stage they’re in, paint always makes a...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 5, 2021 | Loving Jesus
Christmas comes with a clatter of shopping carts—and a constant onslaught of Michael Buble’s jazzy tunes. Oh, I’m not against it. I’m the one that puts on “Jazz in the Background” (a legendary Spotify playlist) during late afternoons in...
