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February 2011

February 17, 2011

Preserve Me, O God

When I first began this blog, I was making a Benedictinian effort to spend my...

February 15, 2011

“After Paradise”

As I wrote yesterday’s post in honor of my main squeeze, I was feeling a...

February 14, 2011

A Valentine’s Day Tribute

Chris and I have never been much for Valentine smooches and the necessity of lover-gifts...

February 11, 2011

Three Vows

Remember how I’m reading through Esther de Waal’s Living With Contradiction? I’ll admit I’m slow-going...

February 09, 2011

Homelessness and Contradiction

I’ve always understood that I have a soft heart for the homeless. I don’t say...

February 08, 2011

I’m grateful for…

A husband who is much kinder to me than I am to him. His new...

February 07, 2011

Confessing Fear

Yesterday during time of confession in our worship service, I ran my mind over my...

February 04, 2011

Meditation

"How Meditation May Change the Brain," an article published in the New York Times last...

February 03, 2011

Weather and the Soul

This week most of our country is under ice. Over the weekend my in-laws got...

February 01, 2011

Thankful Like Mayonnaise!

Last night, after receiving a package of new trains and cars sheets for August’s bed...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

How motherhood has changed me.

Micha, isn’t that what you’re whole blog is about? Okay. That’s fair. Perhaps this post...

January 28, 2011

Ear Infection Friday

In case you didn't know, it is possible to be a 31 year old mother...

January 27, 2011

Mommy Fundies

Yesterday, one of my favorite bloggers and authors, Rachel Held Evans, wrote a post titled:...

January 26, 2011

Dawn, Day, Dusk, Dark

Yesterday I mentioned Scot Sherman’s sermon from this past Sunday. One of the stories he...

January 25, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Contentment

Sunday was my day of contentment. It was all I seemed to hear all day....

January 21, 2011

Weakness and Acceptance

There’s a point in pregnancy when you suddenly think: “Something’s wrong with me!” Of course,...

January 20, 2011

My Unintentional Techno-Fast

It’s been eleven days since I flew from Philadelphia to San Francisco. That also means...

January 18, 2011

Tiger Mother Thankful

Yes, of course I read all 18 thousand of the Tiger Mother articles last week....

January 17, 2011

Praying for the Space Shuttle

I’m sure I’ve mentioned (more times than you’ve cared to know, actually) that my kid’s...

January 14, 2011

Epiphany

We're in the season of Epiphany. I always feel sorry for Epiphany. It's a shame...

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

January 11, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Such Pleasure!

“Oh Lizzie, it’s such a pleasure to run my own home…” -Elizabeth Bennet’s best friend,...

January 10, 2011

Wholeness in Contradiction: A New Year’s Resolution

“We are all seeking wholeness,” the amazing Esther de Waal writes in Living with Contradiction:...

January 06, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

I just rode home in the back seat of a Volkswagen with two seventeen year...

January 04, 2011

Thankful Tuesday Family Time

This is a Thankful Tuesday completely committed to my four-week trek through the homes of...

January 03, 2011

Preparing for T-Rexy

Happy New Year! I’ve missed you people. I have to say first that I’m a...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

What I’ve Learned About Motherhood in the Past 7 Days.

Gingerbread + Christmas cookies + pumpkin pie + staying up till 10 for three days...

December 22, 2010

Savior of the Nations, Come

For my last post of the Advent season, I'll leave you with this lovely Advent...

December 21, 2010

A Very Merry Thankful Tuesday

It’s almost Christmas, people! Here’s why I’m thankful: After a month of co-battling a cold...