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March 2012

March 27, 2012

Dirty House Thankful

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what...

March 20, 2012

Good Thankful

For a sweet birthday celebration. Look at that guy in his hat! For a backyard...

March 16, 2012

A Letter to my second-born son, on his first birthday

Brooksie, this year has taught me a lot of things about being a mom, about...

March 15, 2012

Welcomed into the Story

When I stood on the second row at Jamie's church last Sunday and watched her...

March 13, 2012

Fainting + Blistery Walks + Baptisms and New Churches = Thankful

A Thankful Tuesday List: My tendency to hit my funny bone and faint is kind...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Transfiguration and Beauty

Last year, I wrote about picking my son up from the nursery after our church's...

February 16, 2012

A little SAHM math equation

You may be shocked to hear this, but sometimes I feel like a loser for...

February 09, 2012

7 Quick Takes for a Thursday

I'm a day early for Conversion Diary's "7 Quick Takes," but I'm feeling a little...

February 08, 2012

{Praciticing Benedict} The Sacred Vessels of the Altar

"All the utensils of the monastery and in fact everything that belongs to the monastery...

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 31, 2012

Vroooom Thankful

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

January 26, 2012

What is more important? Please circle.

I've said before that I'm drawn to teaching August scripture from the perspective of the...

January 25, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} On rising immediately

"All should be prepared to rise immediately without any delay as soon as the signal...

January 24, 2012

‘The hours illuminated and celebrated’: Thankful Tuesday

"Cast out from the luxuriant friendship and ease of the hours, we feel a blankness,...

January 23, 2012

For Brooksie, upon his turning ten months old.

You turned ten months old last Tuesday. Almost every other month of your living, we've...

January 18, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} It should normally be short.

"If in ordinary life we have a favour to ask of someone who has power...

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...

January 13, 2012

When Jesus says: “I do choose”

A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, "If you...

January 10, 2012

Thanking: rain and swim lessons, light-up shoes and Epiphany

This boy who loves his new swim class. (And the husband who spends Saturday morning...

January 05, 2012

The Feast of the Holy Name

It's Sunday morning, New Year's Day, and for the first New Year's ever, I'm not...

January 03, 2012

New Year Thankful

For these boys in red on Christmas night. Christmas with them is always Christmas at...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Love in This: An Advent Reflection

It was "Ring of Fire" in my head that day as I moved through our...

December 15, 2011

Because I love Jesus so much…

We're talking about Christmas songs at the lunch table. I say, "My favorite song is...

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...

December 06, 2011

Advent Thankful

A Thankful Tuesday List: Two candles lit on the Advent wreath. Quiet morning coffee in...

November 2011

November 15, 2011

Katniss, Katy Perry and my cat: a Thankful Tuesday list

Post-church Hohorst-famous pancakes with friends. Realizing on the way home from Writer's Group last night...

November 11, 2011

Mama:Monk’s 1st Ever 7 Quick Takes!

This is my first time to jump in on Conversion Diary’s 7 Quick Take Friday. This...

November 08, 2011

…because they are so grateful

Finding this on Ann Voskamp’s wonderful blog: “I doubt that there is such a thing...

November 01, 2011

Mysterious Jaguar Thankful

A Thankful Tuesday List: A boy who said this last night at bedtime: "I know...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Snow piled

We wake up to snow piled on the outdoor table, still parked where it sat...