Hello, and welcome to A Chime of Hearts. My name is Amanda, however, those dearest to me know me as Mandy.

I read, reflect, pray, converse, and laugh—and now and then, I write. Writing, as C.S. Lewis once said, allows us to “share not only what we think but what we feel.” I write to flesh out the thoughts stirring in my heart, to explore what Mary Oliver described as “the questions that have no right to go away.” Perhaps, in a more practical sense, I write hoping to find resonance and recognition in you, my reader.

I am a stay-at-home mother with a teacher’s heart. Part of my week is spent nurturing young minds at a small Project-Based Learning hybrid school in Texas, where I guide high school students in exploration and discovery. The rest of my days are devoted to nurturing the hearts, minds, and bodies of my family—a task full of challenges in a culture that moves too fast and whose burdens are often times too heavy. Yet when I pause, holding onto my heart, I find what G.K. Chesterton called “the enormous joy of the small things.”

This space is a place for shared conversations—a chime of thoughts and hearts. I hope you’ll join because your voice matters to me. Please feel welcome to chime in with all things open, kind, rigorous, and funny. I look forward to meeting you in the comments.

Warmly,
Mandy