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Micha Boyett

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November 2010

November 30, 2010

Advent Thankful

Yesterday, for my sake, my husband did something he hates: hanging pictures. Yes, after two...

November 23, 2010

Thankful for Thanksgiving.

Today I'm thankful that I've decided to go on a Thanksgiving week hiatus. This was...

November 15, 2010

Pregnant Sad vs Thankful

I spent this past Saturday feeling a little blue. Saturdays tend to be days that...

November 10, 2010

The Great Story

I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly because my two-year-old is obsessed with them. I...

November 09, 2010

How to Teach a Two-Year-Old to be Thankful

Sorry. I don’t have the answer. But, Saturday as I was giving August some happy...

November 05, 2010

Friday Blogroll

Remember how last week I began the week with posts prepared and was able to...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

It’s Golden

My Mom’s Group has been studying the book of Matthew for the past several weeks....

October 25, 2010

Stones Splitting

When I sat in front of my spiritual director last Friday, trying to relay to...

October 19, 2010

Boys and Airports

When I packed for the cross country drive that would haul me from Texas, the...

October 15, 2010

Late Night Smorgasbord

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

October 04, 2010

A Moving Out Mix

Friday, after a morning of movers (having movers will be on my Thankful Tuesday list,...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

Moving

I wish I were super human and could possibly write something beautiful for you in...

September 24, 2010

Theotokos of the Sign

When Pastor Beverly joined the clergy at our church in the Philadelphia suburbs, I happened...

September 21, 2010

This is how grateful I am.

Friends, consider this Part II of how I know God loves me. I’m going to...

September 21, 2010

This is how grateful I am.

Friends, consider this Part II of how I know God loves me. I’m going to...

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...

August 30, 2010

Sweet Monday

Forgive me. I try not to be your typical mommy blogger, going on and on...

August 25, 2010

Loving the City

Yesterday I looked at an apartment I adored in Sausalito, a beautiful, quaint little fishing...

August 20, 2010

The Prayer of the Hearth

So the book on my bedside table (if I had one…I should actually say: the...

August 17, 2010

3 Thankfuls

I am Thankful: 1. August’s room is apartment-size small. (It should not count as a...

August 15, 2010

Rainbows + Diapers = Grateful

This morning at 10:30, I began one of those mundane conversations with my two year...

August 11, 2010

Making Room for God

This afternoon during August’s nap time I read Psalm 10 while I curled up under...

August 02, 2010

Thankful, Thankful, Thankful

We’re in the never-ending process of looking for a new apartment. (Thankfully, our time in...

July 2010

July 26, 2010

Bedtime Thankful

Last month I complained about my son’s sleep issues. I can’t complain anymore. He’s happily...

July 13, 2010

Embracing Brokenness: An Adoption Story

For the rest of the week I will be off (by myself!) at a Benedictine...

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 06, 2010

Thankful Tuesday Ramblings

It’s Thankful Tuesday! Sometimes on Thankful Tuesday I list everything I’m grateful for. Sometimes I...

July 05, 2010

Hover-Crazy Mommies?

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