Ruth Ayres Writes

right now

May 26, 2019 12 Comments

Right now I am reminded of the importance of collecting the ordinary stories of my life. Big meaning is always found in tiny moments. Right now I’m nearing the end… Read more right now →

loving still + ridiculous grace

January 12, 2019 8 Comments

I’ve been still this week. I consider it part of the recovery process of the hard parenting journey Andy and I have been on for the last decade. Those who have… Read more loving still + ridiculous grace →

let’s write 2019

January 3, 2019 3 Comments

Leigh Anne Eck made a call for a community of writers to make writing plans and celebrate together in 2019. She’s coined it #letswrite2019. You can go here to be… Read more let’s write 2019 →

the changing of the words

January 1, 2019 11 Comments

2018 was a year I chose to intentionally live moxie. It took moxie — determination, nerve and a force of character — to hold on to faith while making serious… Read more the changing of the words →

hannah makes plans

December 30, 2018 10 Comments

Last fall, Hannah set up a college visit to Ivy Tech in Fort Wayne. She let me tag along. She wants to be a teacher — a secondary English teacher.… Read more hannah makes plans →

abundant blessings are god’s thing

December 29, 2018 10 Comments

This summer we went on a family vacation to California. It was the first time we took our kids on an airplane and the first official vacation. It was possible because Stephanie wasn’t living with us. It turns out that our kids are exceptional vacationers. I began dreaming of other vacations we could go on as a family. Then we placed Stephanie in a private facility with a hefty monthly tuition. “There goes any chance of a vacation,” I said to Andy. Andy, being the money-minded one in the family… Read more abundant blessings are god’s thing →