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May 2018

May 28, 2018

I Am Not a Mother: I’m a Human Being

“You’re not a good mom!” My ten-year-old daughter shouted as she stomped up to her...

May 01, 2018

Sowing the Seeds of Love

My daughter asked me to bring some food to the swim meet when I came....

April 2018

April 19, 2018

My Mother, My Daughter, Myself

My daughter Anna Maria was born on Orthodox Easter Sunday—Pascha—in 2009. That year, the date...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

The Rhythm of Not Sleeping

I often rock my baby to sleep at the witching hour. These can be the...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Mystical Rose Among Thorns

Maria walks amid the thorn Kyrie eleison. Maria walks amid the thorn, Which seven years...

December 01, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Scale”

As I read and re-read this poem, I enjoy noticing exactly when I’ve realize that...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Poetry Friday: “Rain”

The emotional landscape of motherhood can often be hard to describe and is underrepresented in...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Wrestling

My son who is autistic wrestles in high school because he doesn’t mind pain. My...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Glorying in Flawless Skin and God’s Love

Driving in the car recently, my daughter pulled down the visor in front of her...

October 21, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Hive Boxes” by Megan Snyder-Camp

The sounds in this poem! I love its compactness and humming—its slender shape on the...

September 2016

September 09, 2016

Poetry Friday: “The News”

What do I do with the daily news of disasters? Do I mumble a quick...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Maybe the Kids Will Sleep in Tomorrow

The kids are home for the summer, but my husband has remained on the same...

June 2016

June 02, 2016

The World Beyond the Room

The most obvious analysis of Emma Donoghue’s Room, one of last year’s most heralded films,...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

The Long Regretful Wait

By Tony Woodlief My mother’s quavering voicemail was right: I hadn’t called in a long...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

The Confessions of X: An Interview with Suzanne M. Wolfe, Part 2

By Gregory Wolfe and Suzanne M. Wolfe Continued from yesterday. Read Part 1 here. GW: One of...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

Going to the Manger as She Is

By Ann Hedreen I drape a towel over Nick’s head and strap it in place...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Maybe Tomorrow I Will be a Mystic Mom

I am outdoors in the late afternoon and sitting cross-legged on a quilt from which...

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Becoming Food

At five a.m. this morning, my husband woke me while taking money from my wallet...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

The Bearable Weightiness of Being

By Amy Peterson I was restless this spring, edging manic. I think my kids noticed....

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Triple Scoop

By Jessica Mesman Griffith My best friend died suddenly almost two years ago. She’d lived...

May 18, 2015

In the Marrow of Depression and Anxiety

By the time you read this, I’ll be feeling much better. Therapy will have commenced,...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

My Mother, My Daughter, Myself

My daughter Anna Maria was born on Orthodox Easter Sunday—Pascha—six years ago. That year, the...

March 2015

March 11, 2015

“A Pair of Silk Stockings” and Other Frivolous Pleasures of Mothers

After a harrowing weekend of yelling at my children, I decided I needed to take...

March 02, 2015

Exercises for Lent

An evangelical mutt, I have only in the past few years discovered the allure of...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

Cutting the Cord: An Observation from The Way of Saint James, Part 1

Sean was not an easy child to raise. My husband and I became his parents...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

The Regrettably Pretty Shoes: A St. Louis Story

Guest post by Linda Wendling I love St. Louis. I love Ferguson. My whole family...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

How to End an Era

We're supposed to shake our heads when Daisy Buchanan, considering a summer solstice celebration on...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Your Life Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

On the last night of Image's Glen West Workshop earlier this month, after a moving...

August 15, 2014

Our Mother Mary

Today is the Feast of the Dormition (the “falling asleep”) of the Mother of God....

November 2013

November 08, 2013

I Am Not a Mother: I Am a Human Being

Guest Post by Tania Runyan “You’re not a good mom!” My ten-year-old daughter shouted as...