Rhococo Blog

2023 Boy Names

Let’s get the ✨horrible debuts✨ over with! (Names used for the first time in Alberta. Names we got this far without having. And we could have kept going!) — Horrible Debuts Acecius Akston Auxter...

The Prime Time of Your Life

Now, live Well, I can’t not remark upon this year. There won’t be any shortage of commentary in the years to come but 2020 was different for everyone even though the pandemic happened to...

It’s a Secret Place

that our souls alone are safe. A place where we can stay, and watch the world go by, and we’ll stand alone in time Owen had to go back to the hospital after he’d...

The World Was On Fire

And no one could save me but you Today I have been writing in this blog for twenty years. I was always a journaler but it was May 2nd, 2000, at the end of...

Waste My Youth Chasing Kites

These days, the word “perfectionist” is negative. Perhaps it’s because I think of myself as a perfectionist that I really notice it everywhere— the unrelenting plea of well-meaning society to let go of perfectionism. While...

Too Many Things Held Precious

Too many things held dear. “There has to be more” on one hand, “Keep your head above water” on the other. Surprise, another post about motherhood. Even when I try to write about something...

The List Goes on Forever

of all the ways I could be better       in my mind As if I could earn God’s favour, given time Back when I was still agonizing over figuring out my Enneagram type, I thought...

I Lost My Balance

when I needed it most This blurry photograph is proof— Of what I’m not sure but it feels like truth Last month our realtor invited us to a “family fun at the zoo” evening...

Is That Courage or Faith

to show up every day To trust that there will be light after the darkest of nights Say what you want about the Enneagram but you have to love it if only as a...

All I’ve Felt Was Leading to This

For I have never known completeness     like being here. Here is true peace.    Here my heart knows calm. It’s a beautiful summer here, home with my boys, taking it easy, visiting & having friends...