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June 2013

June 20, 2013

Marriage and the Growing Up of Us

When did we grow up? It wasn’t then, when we stood in the mountain meadow,...

May 2013

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...

March 2013

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 20, 2013

One Good Phrase: Tamara Hill Murphy (You trust God to keep you safe at night, but you still lock the doors.)

I knew of Tamara Hill Murphy because I'd come across her blog once or twice....

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Thankful Tuesday: Ring-bearers and the rest

Can we just start by saying that I love dressing my boys up in bow-ties even...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Why I’m afraid to tell you where we’re going on vacation

On September 19, Chris and I are going to Italy. Without our kids. And we’re...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Marriage and the Easy Yoke

“Are you so pissed at your husband for making you move?” The stylist's fingers were...

August 06, 2012

Wherever I Send You, Whatever it Costs You

A week and a half ago, prior to my grandfather’s funeral, as I ate a...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

What’s saving my life this week.

This week my friend Sarah Bessey asked the question at her blog: What’s saving your...

June 2012

June 01, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: Farah Marklevits

Farah Marklevits is a friend of mine from Syracuse. I spent three years of graduate...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

After the trip: Thankful

There's no one with whom I would rather spend 20 hours in the car (Wednesday...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Absence, marriage and making that little heart grow fonder

So yesterday I came across an article in Slate about a new book by Iris...

September 20, 2011

Green peas, weddings, acorns and more! A Thankful Tuesday post

Yesterday’s lunch when a newly 6-month-old baby was simultaneously consuming and expelling puréed green peas...

June 2011

June 20, 2011

Seven

Sometimes I stop and look across the table at the man with the square jaw...

May 2011

May 27, 2011

Mama admits she’s kind of a crazy person.

We all have our crazy-makers. Mine is email, and phone calls, and thank you notes—basically...

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...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Small Ambitions

Sunday, in the midst of rocking and bouncing my little babes in the back of...

February 2011

February 15, 2011

“After Paradise”

As I wrote yesterday’s post in honor of my main squeeze, I was feeling a...

February 14, 2011

A Valentine’s Day Tribute

Chris and I have never been much for Valentine smooches and the necessity of lover-gifts...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

How motherhood has changed me.

Micha, isn’t that what you’re whole blog is about? Okay. That’s fair. Perhaps this post...

January 18, 2011

Tiger Mother Thankful

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

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

January 12, 2011

“Regrets of a stay-at-home mom”

Maybe I’m a week late to discuss this article. Maybe you all read it last...

November 2010

November 11, 2010

For Pawpaw, on Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day. I grew up going to “Veteran’s Day” events with my grandparents...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

For Stuey

This weekend, we lost my husband’s grandfather. We spent Saturday grieving and then watched our...

October 08, 2010

St. Benedict and the Complainy Pregnant Lady.

This has not been an easy week for rest. Last weekend when we moved, all...

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 17, 2010

3 Thankfuls

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

July 2010

July 22, 2010

What’s gonna work? TEAMWORK!

If you don’t automatically start singing the theme song to Wonder Pets when you read...

July 07, 2010

Antidote to Helicopter Parenting

Micha and August are on a plane to Amarillo to visit family. Trophy husband Chris...