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February 2014

February 05, 2014

My Grandmother’s Hands

Every summer of my childhood, my brothers and I spent two weeks at Deenie...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

One Good Phrase: Laura Turner (The adventure continues…)

Well, we all knew this day would come. It's our very last week of One...

March 2013

March 12, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Noodle Situations, Tiger Hats

Two days before Chris left town last week, he had a late night of work....

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Joy in the Drudgery

Chris has been out of town for one whole day and already the boys have...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Sky! Sky!

Coffee in the middle of a tired day Brooksie’s current obsession with the sky One...

January 08, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Oh the Holidays!

(We traveled to Texas, Philadelphia, and made a little hop up to Connecticut. You know,...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: Advent thoughts, Christmas gifts, and baby cheetahs

Some words that are blowing my mind this week, from the amazing Advent book I’m...

December 07, 2012

Advent Poetry Series “The Lord is With Thee”

The Lord is With Thee from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1 They hail me...

December 06, 2012

St. Nicholas Day: Santa, Mystery and Small Family Ritual

Friends, I'm going to ask you to jump over with me to another site again...

December 04, 2012

God and Suffering

Hey friends, Instead of a Thankful Tuesday post, I'm guest posting over at Tanya Marlow's...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Amy Lepine Peterson

Amy Lepine Peterson is one of those kindreds I've found out there in the great...

November 27, 2012

Thankful Tuesday after Thanksgiving

For a sweet, small Thanksgiving with friends. I love hosting parties with my husband. And...

November 26, 2012

Our hearts are stone and flesh, all at the same time

Yesterday morning, while our sickish boys were playing with their dad on the carpet of...

November 21, 2012

Thanksgiving in their words…

This is a repost from last Thanksgiving. But how can I not post it again?...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: Blessing in the Leaving

As we walk into the church, I think about the last Sunday in our church...

September 11, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: When there’s one week left and it all feels fuzzy

I will live in Austin for one more week. A week from tomorrow, I'll leave...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Checking In…

Friends! I miss you guys. It’s very weird to go through a week and keep...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

My food…

Yesterday after lunch, August and Chris were sleeping together in my bedroom while I cleaned...

July 27, 2012

What’s saving my life this week.

This week my friend Sarah Bessey asked the question at her blog: What’s saving your...

July 23, 2012

Rivers and Roads: On Saying Goodbye

I have to leave today. Noon. I’ve packed and planned. It’s been a long visit...

July 10, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: Cousins Camp ’12

It is late on Monday night and tomorrow we will be driving away from Cousin...

July 06, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: WS Merwin (again) and Death

I'm now in Amarillo, my hometown. We got here on the 4th and it will...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: East Coast Trip Recap

We’re home! It was a sweet trip. And it was long (two weeks!). We left...

June 21, 2012

A Thursday-ish List

Yes, I'm still off in the land of vacations, where time doesn't exist (except for...

June 19, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: 8 Years

Christopher, when we were first dating, riding in cars together, my fingers running through the...

June 14, 2012

A Tribute to the Single Mother and in Praise of the Good Father: A Father’s Day Post (of sorts)

Every time Chris leaves town, I’m reminded of how much I depend on him, on...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Girls and Great-Grandmothers and all the Mothers between them

A couple of Sundays ago, I had a phone date with my 90-year-old...

May 29, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: Memorial Day Edition

Parents who will drive eight hours and spend money on a hotel room on the...

May 25, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: Jane Kenyon (again)

Last night, after the kids snuggled into beds and the cat (who is getting better!)...

May 17, 2012

Why I didn’t make it to small group last week

It was a good day, but a long one: the house in disarray. Another week...