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May 2011

May 10, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Moby wraps, pancakes, and baby dimples

Let’s start with this: There are some seasons in a marriage where you feel more...

May 09, 2011

What is true.

This is what my husband brought to my bed yesterday morning. He knows that I...

May 06, 2011

Fresh flowers with dew: A Mother’s Day reflection

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Chris’ step-mom just sent me a Mother’s Day letter her grandfather...

May 05, 2011

A Poem for Mother’s Day

I know I posted a Cathy Song poem a couple of weeks ago, but when...

May 02, 2011

How to be a hero for Mother’s Day: Prosperity Candle and Preemptive Love Coalition

Friends, this is not a regular type of Mama:Monk post and I try to keep...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Sisyphus and Motherhood and Coffee

Yesterday morning I woke to a quiet (and sort of creepy) almost three-year-old standing beside...

April 27, 2011

Questions

While singing August my favorite goodnight song, “Mommy loves you” (Also known as “Beautiful Girl”...

April 26, 2011

Grape is Thy Faithfulness! (aka Thankful Tuesday after Easter Sunday)

Last night when I was putting him to bed, August asked me to sing “Great...

April 18, 2011

Jesus is condemned to death

The Binding by Cathy Song We love them more than life, these children who are...

April 11, 2011

Small Ambitions

Sunday, in the midst of rocking and bouncing my little babes in the back of...

April 07, 2011

August lists some things

What August thinks is crazy: The Weather Mater (the tow-truck from the movie Cars) Tow-Trucks...

April 07, 2011

How not to raise more than one child at a time…

About ten times a day I remind myself that billions of women throughout the history...

April 05, 2011

3 Weeks Thankful

How do I count the ways? My littlest baby is three weeks old tomorrow and...

April 01, 2011

“Waterwings”

I haven't had a lot to offer lately. Honestly, by this point (T-Rexy is 16...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Why is rest such hard work?

Alysia Yates is one of those dearest kinds of people who come into your life...

March 29, 2011

In God’s Sweetness (a Thankful Tuesday post)

Yesterday was my first real day home with two kids. I don’t have to do...

March 28, 2011

Treasure

Last night in a haze of fever (Sunday was a rough day), I lay on...

March 22, 2011

Molly chooses the “bright side”: A Thankful Tuesday guest post

Molly Strader Hunt is one of my very favorite people in the whole world. I...

March 21, 2011

Why I’m going to Africa (aka: Why my family cannot be my whole world)

Friends, thank you for all of the notes and wishes this past week as we...

March 16, 2011

T-Rexy Is Here!

Hey, Mama:Monk fans. This is Jason (Micha's brother). She and husband are currently enjoying the...

March 15, 2011

A Poem for Thankful Tuesday

Anna Maria Is Coming, or Maybe Thomas Barton, or Max! by Hilda Raz New life!...

March 14, 2011

Beautiful

Last Wednesday night, as I entered the church nursery where August had been playing while...

March 11, 2011

My birthing mix

Friends, I know I'm not very good at talking about music. That's because I really...

March 02, 2011

The Greatest Role: A Mama’s Rant

As I type this, my toddler is asleep on my lap. He woke up early...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

On Ripeness and Courage

Why does “full term” have to feel so…full? I once read a lovely book (which...

February 25, 2011

Katie Holmes and Baby #2

So, yesterday I came across this blog post about Katie Holmes and an apparently “overheard”...

February 23, 2011

On suffering and joy

As I write this, I’m resting after a good day of hard work and accomplishment....

February 22, 2011

Thankful: I’m not Jesus

There are some moments of parenthood in which you are suddenly struck with the realization...