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April 2012

April 25, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Compassion and Sober Judgment

“The abbot or abbess, once established in office, must often think about the demands made...

April 19, 2012

A ‘Mother Letter’ for the Mamas

Dearest Mamas, When I was pregnant with my first child, my friend Emily (one year...

April 18, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Offering the Child

"If parents who are from the nobility want to offer to God in the monastery...

March 2012

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...

February 2012

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...

February 01, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} The greatest possible concern

"As for the abbot or abbess, they must show the greatest possible concern with great...

January 2012

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...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

{Family and the Christian Year} St. Nicholas Day and New Traditions

Artist: Elisabeth Jvanovsky Every once in a while around here I'm going to be discussing...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Taking Care

I’ve never been known for being careful. When I brush August’s hair, I go for...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Just a little practical bookish sort of wish list

I’ve been posting a lot of book lists lately. Maybe it’s because I’ve actually had...

July 06, 2011

slow, idle, brave

This week, while I’m on vacation, I’ll be re-posting some thoughts from back in the...

May 2011

May 09, 2011

What is true.

This is what my husband brought to my bed yesterday morning. He knows that I...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

Questions

While singing August my favorite goodnight song, “Mommy loves you” (Also known as “Beautiful Girl”...

April 11, 2011

Small Ambitions

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

April 07, 2011

How not to raise more than one child at a time…

About ten times a day I remind myself that billions of women throughout the history...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

Katie Holmes and Baby #2

So, yesterday I came across this blog post about Katie Holmes and an apparently “overheard”...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

Mommy Fundies

Yesterday, one of my favorite bloggers and authors, Rachel Held Evans, wrote a post titled:...

January 17, 2011

Praying for the Space Shuttle

I’m sure I’ve mentioned (more times than you’ve cared to know, actually) that my kid’s...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

Why I believe in Halloween

Though I was raised evangelical, and can speak Christianese with the best of them, I...

October 28, 2010

It’s Golden

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

October 07, 2010

Raising Boys Who Read

Lately, I’m feeling like I’m floundering in the mom department. I was on top of...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

The Magical God

I’ve been thinking about magic lately. A month or so ago I read a post...

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 18, 2010

Why (Not) to Have Another Baby

Yesterday I received my new copy of Real Simple in the mail. The first night...

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 08, 2010

slow, idle, brave

Today, while zooming through a profile piece on an artist and mother in the New...

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...