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September 2012

September 06, 2012

A post that ends with grace.

Send out your light and our truth, that they may lead me, and bring me...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Let them tell this story: She was always being remade

I'm a stressed mom. I'm stressed too often. I worry that August's most prominent memory...

February 2012

February 06, 2012

{Practices of Parenting Carnival} In Which I Believe in Family Dance Parties

My family had one living area in our three bedroom ranch house. It had a...

January 2012

January 09, 2012

For a day when…

You arrive at church 30 minutes late and take another 30 to lower your raised...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} The God who comes

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it has meant to me...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Taking Care

I’ve never been known for being careful. When I brush August’s hair, I go for...

August 2011

August 11, 2011

A Very Important Confession

When I began college in, ahem, 1997, overalls were still cool (at least in Abilene,...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

Today is the Day

There was a moment around 14 months ago, as I was flying alone with my...

June 2011

June 23, 2011

Hello, Emotional Micha!

Oh, friends. Let's be honest here: Filling our last week in SF with final events...

June 09, 2011

Why there is not a new post today:

Because my husband has been in Austin for three days and he just got home...

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 09, 2011

What is true.

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

April 2011

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...

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 21, 2011

Weakness and Acceptance

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

January 18, 2011

Tiger Mother Thankful

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

October 2010

October 15, 2010

Late Night Smorgasbord

Dear Faithful Reader: I am a tired, pregnant woman, with a baby inside me that...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

A Nighttime (Packing) Prayer

I love evenings. I love eating with my little family. I love reading or watching...

July 2010

July 22, 2010

What’s gonna work? TEAMWORK!

If you don’t automatically start singing the theme song to Wonder Pets when you read...

July 07, 2010

The Cynical Spirit vs The Childlike Spirit?

This past Tuesday morning I faced my hiccupping, wet faced two-year-old nose to nose. It...

July 07, 2010

Antidote to Helicopter Parenting

Micha and August are on a plane to Amarillo to visit family. Trophy husband Chris...

July 05, 2010

Hover-Crazy Mommies?

So, it’s the morning after the 4th, a holiday! Which, of course, means that I...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Breathing The Jesus Prayer

I met with my spiritual director, Debby, yesterday morning. Have I mentioned yet that she’s...

May 2010

May 14, 2010

The Mama’s Boy

For the past two weeks my husband’s job has kept him pretty busy. He has...