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June 2011

June 03, 2011

You are not your job.

You are not your body. You are not your house. You are not your car....

June 02, 2011

Why this blog was not titled “Mama:Monk of San Francisco”

When I started writing to all you lovely people, I was pretty lonely. I was...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Mama admits she’s kind of a crazy person.

We all have our crazy-makers. Mine is email, and phone calls, and thank you notes—basically...

May 17, 2011

Community Thankful

It’s Thankful Tuesday, that lovely day when we all stop to remind ourselves that there...

May 11, 2011

The Good King

Because my husband usually gets only an hour with our boys in the evenings before...

March 2011

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 14, 2011

Beautiful

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

March 08, 2011

Let’s Be Thankful!

I love our church and our community in San Francisco. I just looked online to...

March 04, 2011

Psalm 31

Listen, I love you readers and you don’t deserve this but I’m going to complain...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

Happy Anniversary, Mama:Monk!

Yes, my friends, it has been one full year of bloggerdom. And in honor of...

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 08, 2011

I’m grateful for…

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

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 25, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Contentment

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

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 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...

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 10, 2010

Good Like Medicine

A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article that proves why...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

For Pawpaw, on Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day. I grew up going to “Veteran’s Day” events with my grandparents...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

For Stuey

This weekend, we lost my husband’s grandfather. We spent Saturday grieving and then watched our...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

This is how grateful I am.

Friends, consider this Part II of how I know God loves me. I’m going to...

September 21, 2010

This is how grateful I am.

Friends, consider this Part II of how I know God loves me. I’m going to...

September 20, 2010

How God loves me: a story

I grew up in a loving church community. I was nurtured, cared for, challenged. That...

September 17, 2010

How not to be ferocious with myself.

This past week I managed to pull a typical Micha move. I’m not naturally organized....

September 07, 2010

Provision

I've been working through a small devotional guide written by my spiritual director, Debby Bellingham,...