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July 2010

July 02, 2010

Motherhood: A Blog Fight, a Culture War, and Grace

This week my brother, Jason Boyett, asked me to guest post on his blog, O...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Breathing The Jesus Prayer

I met with my spiritual director, Debby, yesterday morning. Have I mentioned yet that she’s...

June 28, 2010

It’s Thankful Tuesday Time!

We haven't had a Thankful Tuesday list for too long, friends. So, I'm starting it...

June 23, 2010

50/50?

Tonight I left Chris at home to feed, play with and put August to bed...

June 22, 2010

Adjusting

It’s been one week since we arrived home from a ten-day trip out east to...

June 17, 2010

Julie Bowen and Our Bellies

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a link on Twitter to an article about...

June 16, 2010

For Phil and Brother Shad

Tonight as Chris, freshly home from work, sat on our bed, removing his shoes while...

June 10, 2010

Coming Home

"Coming Home" is such a cliché. Remember in Sleepless in Seattle when Tom Hanks describes...

June 03, 2010

Lord, Lord, Lord.

Friends, This process of writing to you almost every day is a strange one. And...

June 02, 2010

A Living Incompleteness

I’ve recently begun reading A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

An Invitation to Believe

I mentioned briefly last week that I’ve begun meeting with a spiritual director, the concept...

May 20, 2010

My week in bullet points:

Monday, when I was feeling most content with our housing situation and was prepared to...

May 14, 2010

The Mama’s Boy

For the past two weeks my husband’s job has kept him pretty busy. He has...

May 13, 2010

Molly Ringwald and “The Pretty”

Friends, I sat for two hours last night staring at my computer screen with an...

May 10, 2010

Thankful Tuesday: A Weekend Survival Story

What better way to begin a Thankful Tuesday post than by stating what’s really been...

May 07, 2010

Becoming Mama: A Mother’s Day Reflection

It’s almost Mother’s Day. It will be my second year as one. And, honestly, I...

May 06, 2010

A Small Victory in Hospitality-Land

Last night we threw a dinner party. For ten people. It was a last minute...

May 04, 2010

The Oil Spill? I’m Guilty.

I can’t stop thinking about the oil spill today. Yesterday, I read this blog post...

May 03, 2010

Mah Aysay!

Yesterday, as we drove the hour trip home from a weekend with friends in Napa...

April 2010

April 13, 2010

Gratefully

It's Thankful Tuesday. Last night I left my child in the care of a new...

April 12, 2010

Becoming Small

Glee is my dream show. I love musicals. I love silliness. And I love high...

April 08, 2010

Dads Who Stay Home: Let’s Discuss

I’ve shared on this blog how I’m often embarrassed by the label I carry as...

April 06, 2010

She lists her thankfuls.

Yesterday was MLB's opening day! I'm not the world's biggest baseball fan. But I love...

March 2010

March 29, 2010

Palm Sunday

As I write this, it's still Palm Sunday, the day we pick up our palm...

March 23, 2010

The city, the ocean, the backpack

This past Saturday, our little family picked up our newest Craigslist purchase, the baby hiking...

March 22, 2010

Cotton and Lorraine

I spent two days last week with my mother and her sister, Vicki, visiting my...

March 16, 2010

I’m so tired of the word “nice.”

Why is “nice” the preferred morality term for all toddlers everywhere? I keep thinking that...

March 12, 2010

Passing the faith

A few weeks ago, I sat around with some fellow mothers discussing the great dilemma...

March 10, 2010

Fully Present

This morning I can breathe through my nose! My son slept through the night. And...

March 09, 2010

Introducing…Thankful Tuesday!

In my earnest, outgoing, college-is-like-church-camp! freshman year, I met with two friends at seven every...