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May 2015

May 07, 2015

How Technology Has—and Hasn’t—Changed the Experience of Having a Baby

What has changed since I had my first baby is that the divide between public...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Four Important Things to Understand About Volunteers (from a Mom Who Volunteers Too Much)

Lately I’m being eaten alive by everything on my to-do list. It’s hard to communicate...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Instead of Judging Our Fellow Parents, How About Offering Empathy & Respect?

Parents love to judge each other for all kinds of perceived failures. Here are some...

May 2013

May 06, 2013

How Mother’s Day 2006 Was the Beginning of the Rest of My Life

This is the story I told at this past weekend's inaugural Speak Up storytelling event...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

When Parents Hope for Their Children to be Cured, Are We Really Wishing That They “Cease to Be”?

Messages about Andrew Solomon's new book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search...

June 2012

June 07, 2012

That Darn Camel: Raising Conscientious Kids in a Stuff-Oriented Culture

by Jennifer Grant This is the fourth of a series of five posts exploring money...

June 04, 2012

That Darn Camel: My Struggle with Tithing

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye...

June 01, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Katherine Willis Pershey on Marriage, Motherhood, and Ministry

Every Friday, I feature something written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a...

May 2012

May 11, 2012

MOMumental: A Parenting Book Even I Can Endorse

Let’s be clear: I do not “do” parenting books. I don’t read books about how...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

How a Diagnosis Can Both Help and Hurt

Looking back again at my post last week on prenatal screening for disabilities, I was...

January 2012

January 11, 2012

What My Dog is Teaching Me About Grace

These first two months with our rescue dog, Eddie, have taught me more about grace,...

January 03, 2012

5 Reasons I’m Ignoring Your Healthy-Eating Advice

Eating better to improve health and/or lose weight tops many New Year’s resolution lists. Most...