• Skip to main navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Reese Dixon

Messy thoughts about a messy world

  • About me // the blog
    • Contact me
  • Skip to menu toggle button

Category: Matters of Faith

Beehive Headband

Posted on: March 11, 2010 Last updated on: October 17, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Last year, when I was just in charge of the 16 – 18 year olds, I came up with this little headband to welcome the girls who turned 16 and entered my class. Now that I’m over everyone, I wanted…
Continue reading “Beehive Headband”…

Fancy New Bags for my Fancy New Job

Posted on: February 19, 2010 Last updated on: October 18, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I have to carry a ton of stuff back and forth to all my Young Women meetings. Along with my regular set of scriptures, I carry a big binder with all my planning information in it, plus my own set…
Continue reading “Fancy New Bags for my Fancy New Job”…

Laurel Headband

Posted on: June 10, 2009 Last updated on: October 28, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
At church I teach the 16 – 18 year old girls. This group is called the Laurels. Off the top of my head, I don’t remember why they got that name, but that’s the way it is. I’ve been looking…
Continue reading “Laurel Headband”…

Healer Embroidered Quilt

Posted on: April 9, 2009 Last updated on: January 16, 2026 Written by: Reese Dixon
Once we got Atti’s official Cerebral Palsy diagnosis, we had to start a whole new round of evaluations and state agencies. We just went this week to a school nearby where they have a huge therapy gym with equipment that…
Continue reading “Healer Embroidered Quilt”…

Read my thoughts on…

Search for a topic

Share this

Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail

You can read all about…

Recent Posts

Some coping tools from your emotional doula…

I sent a message to one friend, and then started writing an email to another friend, and then thought of other friends I wanted to include, and then finally I just gave myself a talking to. Tresa. Tree. Be Brave.…
Continue reading “Some coping tools from your emotional doula…”…

The Social Model of Adversity

Atticus had his latest surgery this week, an operation on his knees that one of our friends and CP mentors calls “a right of passage for a CP kid.” We are home from a week in the hospital now, licking…
Continue reading “The Social Model of Adversity”…

Productivity in the Pandemic

I had a different topic for this post in mind, but when I looked up the date and realized we’re almost through May already, I needed to toss it out for a mini-existential breakdown. Whew. Time, eh? I love hearing…
Continue reading “Productivity in the Pandemic”…

We Can Do It

I’ve spent the entire last six weeks sewing my heart out. Sustainably at first, just one project among many I’d spend my time on. A little ironing here, a little sewing there. When I started, people were still scoffing at…
Continue reading “We Can Do It”…

There Never Was a Normal

I’ve been quieter here than I anticipated when I announced my return. Current events and a global pandemic threw all our plans up in the air and laughed. I’ve struggled with knowing exactly what to say. I’m in a very…
Continue reading “There Never Was a Normal”…
© 2026 Reese Dixon | Using Reykjavik WordPress theme. | Back to top ↑