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January 2014

January 30, 2014

Time and Priorities

On Tuesday, Ann Voskamp posted How to Find Time and Space for the Life You...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Cussin’ Children: A Vlog!

Hey friends. I'm trying something new and super fun around here. I'm going to be...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Courage to love

The thing about humans is that in order to understand one another, we must sacrifice...

October 15, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Hay and Apples

We had yesterday off from school. So what better way to spend a beautiful October...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Why, yes. We use cloth napkins.

I'm taking a break from my post-Guatemala reflections to write something a little lighter. Today...

September 24, 2013

Post-Guatemala Rolling

Since I got home from Guatemala, I've felt like this: I'm not really sure...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

First Day: The Holding and the Letting Go

For months we’ve been talking about this. This thing is coming. This change. When all...

August 13, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: When God makes it beautiful

I’ve been grinding my mouth guard down to a thin layer of plastic. All night,...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

One Good Phrase: Andrea Palpant Dilley (Be Thou My Vision)

Andrea Palpant Dilley and I met at church in Austin, where she led my writer's...

June 12, 2013

One Good Phrase: Micha Boyett (All will be well)

These are the days of holding the deep portions. The days where your husband walks...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

One Good Phrase: Annie Barnett (Everyone is learning)

I love Annie Barnett because the kindness that shows up in her writing and visual...

May 28, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: When sadness lives on the doorstep of happiness

A couple of months ago, I had a conversation about my book with a...

May 15, 2013

One Good Phrase: Addie Zierman (God is here)

If you follow my Twitter feed, you know I retweet whatever Addie Zierman has just...

May 06, 2013

What I’m Into – April Edition

On April Fools, I told the boys about how my brothers and I always...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

In Real Life (a guest post from Sarah Dunning Park)

I love that Sarah Dunning Park is here today. Believe it or not, though Sarah...

April 24, 2013

One Good Phrase: Sarah Bessey (Calm your heart)

Someday I may list my top five bloggers of the universe. And if I do,...

April 23, 2013

Hill Tribers Giveaway Winner, Thankful Tuesday, and a little update from Micha

I loved having Jessica Goudeau's guest post here last week and was thrilled to...

April 03, 2013

One Good Phrase: Kristin Tennant (Tomorrow is a new day)

Kristin Tennant is sharp, generous, and brave. She is one of those rare blogging friends...

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....

March 05, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: When your kid is proud of you.

Small things that I’m finding in my daily life: pleasant elderly people out for afternoon...

March 04, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Remembering the Thankful

I can flip the switch from Resting Weekend Micha to Anxious Snap-Mouth Micha in...

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...

February 21, 2013

The Ashes and the Being Made Whole

Last year in Austin, Chris was away for work and I couldn’t get myself...

February 19, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: pink flowers, paddle boats at dusk, binoculars in the aquarium

Back in the olden days, I used to complain a lot about San Francisco's weather....

February 11, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Slow, Deliberate

Last Friday afternoon, I donned my running clothes and wheezed the mile and a half...

February 05, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: When ‘love makes sense of time’

“I find here a mysterious sense of time. I am told about patience and perseverance,...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Why I love Mom’s Group

Last week I sat in the small room with twelve or so women. One of...

January 30, 2013

One Good Phrase: No Matter What (Joy Bennett)

I've recently gotten to know Joy Bennett in these internet parts and I'm constantly moved...

January 28, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Vol 1 Can you possibly organize your ENFP life?

I had a breakdown freak-out sobfest last week. I feel like if you’re gonna...

January 22, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: MLK Edition

I’m grateful that August learned about skin in science last Friday which led to a...