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February 2012

February 14, 2012

A Very Valentine-y Thankful Tuesday

It's Valentines Day! If you are reading this in the morning, I am probably in...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Vroooom Thankful

That my baby has learned how to use sound effects when pushing his brother's cars...

January 17, 2012

Donut-7 Rocket Thankful

Oh, friends. I'm writing this on Monday night. It's 9:15 and Chris and I have...

December 2011

December 13, 2011

Pancakes, baby kindness, cards addressed, Mary ‘[curled] in a brown pod’

And the list goes on... Listening to Chris Hohorst (Chris Hohorst!) making up a song...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

{Practicing Benedict} Nothing More Important

Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about...

November 04, 2011

Being Found

I was 20 when I became Katherinne’s sponsor. I was an idealist college student with...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

College Thankful

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday on a Thursday. I hope that's not terribly confusing. I spent...

October 14, 2011

Making Peace with Distance

I’ve been far away for a long time. I used to think of Distance as...

October 12, 2011

Vulnerability

When Ryan followed the pastor to stand before the rows of white chairs, facing the...

October 11, 2011

Tired, but Thankful

How many women out there have a father who would fly to her town for...

September 2011

September 13, 2011

And, a list!

Here are the thankful things: Home again! Home again! Yes, it’s not the same home,...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

Some Wednesdays are for Grateful

That’s why I have this list: Is there a better way to love your friend...

August 05, 2011

A Green Thankful

We are in Austin. We've been here for approximately four hours. There's a lot I'd...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Pray with me?

Friends, Will you pray with me for Somer and Lance? They are friends of mine...

July 07, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

In honor of this little vacation I'm on with some of my favorites, this post...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Letter to 24-year-old Micha (For the Yoobs in my life…)

Dear younger self, I have some things to tell you, not because I’ve really learned...

June 29, 2011

Wednesday Morning Thankful

Yes, it’s Wednesday. Thankful Tuesday is a day late, I know. But, come on, I’ve...

June 14, 2011

A day to be thankful in a month full of grateful.

After a week where I actually recorded all my grateful thoughts in a journal and...

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...

June 07, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: A Grateful June Update

How’s your Grateful June going? I’ll admit I’m a bit of a failure in the...

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 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...

February 2011

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 18, 2011

Tiger Mother Thankful

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

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...

October 2010

October 15, 2010

Late Night Smorgasbord

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

October 05, 2010

Thankful Tuesday: New Apartment Edition

It’s time for a good ole fashioned Thankful Tuesday List. (Which means you have to...

September 2010

September 08, 2010

What I was thinking about last night while I brushed my teeth before bed:

What does it say about me that I cried hysterically through the last fifteen minutes...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Thankful Blogging

Since I entered Bloggyrealm last February, I’ve been introduced to a world I had never...

June 2010

June 08, 2010

Thankful Tuesday at the pool.

I'm on vacation. Sitting by the pool at my mother in law's home, waiting for...