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March 2020

March 06, 2020

7 Political, DST, Literary, Community, and Spamming Takes

Is it really Friday? Wow. I didn’t think this day would ever come. Don’t be...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Gosh, I Hate Halloween

There’s a big storm brewing that will make the business of collecting a lot of...

August 2019

August 22, 2019

#ThursdayThoughts: Back To School Advice

I’m sorry, it’s my birthday, and I can’t bring myself to talk about Mr. Trump,...

April 2019

April 10, 2019

Untie Those Expensive Shoes and Drop that Ball

Matt is obsessed with the Ed Young basketball sermon phenomena. He keeps sending me clips...

March 2019

March 07, 2019

Living Out Lent With Children

We’ve been chattering about Lent for upwards of a week now, over the daily Luncheon...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

7 Pensive Birthday Takes

It is a cold and blustery Friday. Are there any takes? Yes there are. First...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Book Notes: Faith Is Not Blind

On Monday one of my children declared, “I like to spend most of my time...

November 2018

November 09, 2018

7 Saving Takes

You survived the week! So did I, barely. One Yesterday, as you no doubt saw,...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

3 Reasons to Hate Halloween

Happy Reformation Day! Or Halloween! Or whatever crazy thing you happen to be doing. As...

September 2018

September 07, 2018

7 Takes To Nostalgia

Oh Friday, there you are. One Well, we did sort of start school. We straggled...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Cake and Death

Friday! It’s a miracle! One And the twelve year old is officially twelve. The children,...

July 20, 2018

7 Timely Takes

Ah, Friday, I don’t deserve you. One Tried waking up at a normal time all...

July 13, 2018

7 Tortured Takes: Birthday Edition

Can you believe it’s Friday? Which means for me it’s all birthday all day. One...

July 09, 2018

Summertime…and the Routine is Totally Gone

It’s the summer and that means we are going to fling ourselves into the car...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

You Say You Know But You Don’t Really Know

This is the best thing. I read it twice because, I told myself, I needed...

February 2018

February 10, 2018

Who’s The Clever One Now?

Midweek I realized that all the children were waiting for me to get well so...

February 04, 2018

When Jesus Happens Into His Own Temple

The Feast of the Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple was on Friday,...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

In Which I Watch The State Of The Union, With Children

Was forced by the patriarchy to watch the State of the Union, even though it...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

Is Santa Really Just St. Nicholas? A Listicle

Santa does not live in heaven with his Lord, having faithfully beat back, literally, the...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

Today I’m Thankful for Sarcasm

The trouble is with most of life is that it's impossible to have any sense...

November 10, 2017

7 Takes to Thinking Deeply

It's Friday! That means Takes! One The sky is full of clouds and rumors of...

October 2017

October 06, 2017

7 Truthtelling Takes

Good Morning Looks like I need to hit the ground running so it's going to...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

Good News!

[This cat has no sense of humor, which is a problem for all of us.]...

July 2017

July 09, 2017

The Practical Application of Suffering

What sort of person would you be, if you never had to suffer? What kind...

July 07, 2017

7 Takes For Such A Time As This

It's Friday! That's Takes! One We've been having a lovely, languid first true week of...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

7 Things I’m Not Doing This Summer

Kelly's Takes today are a brilliant roadmap to a trouble free summer and I applaud...

June 16, 2017

Children Are People Too

Going to try to accumulate the clever things I wanted to say about parenting yesterday,...

June 09, 2017

7 Scattered Takes

Here I am, awake with the dawn, leaping up to industry and...oh never mind, I...

June 02, 2017

Seven Takes to a Fun Summer

It's Friday! That's Takes. This week, seven takes to surviving summer. One You know, because...

May 2017

May 19, 2017

7 Mothering Takes

It's Friday! And that means Takes. One Feel vaguely bad about complaining about Mother's Day,...