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December 2014

December 11, 2014

Talking with children about death and God and Christmas (and much more)

One of my sons talks a lot about death, and it comes up in the...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

The Things We Can’t — and Shouldn’t — Make Our Children Do

When I was pregnant with our first child there were so many things I...

October 29, 2013

Please Stop Calling Your Relatively Privileged Life “Crazy” and “Messy.”

A few weeks ago, I asked folks on Twitter--and specifically, my colleague Amy Simpson, who...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

How to Nurture Creativity In Children (& in yourself)

I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I think the key word is...

August 2013

August 21, 2013

How To Make (Psychological and Emotional) Space to Create.

My children spend more time building with Lego than just about anything else. While they...

August 09, 2013

While You’re Signing That Change.org Petition, Don’t Forget to Look Up From Your iPhone

My friend Karen Swallow Prior has an award-winning essay up at Christianity Today's This is...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

The Peace of Wild Things (with photos of animals seen on a recent safari)

For me, there is nothing quite like being outdoors, and, especially, seeing wild creatures, as...

June 03, 2013

Reading Classics With Kids (Even as Comic Books)

My dad told me about a series of comic books that were available when he...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Sometimes In Spite of Your Best Preparations, The Thing You Hope Doesn’t Happen Happens.

We have the best sort of bed nets, treated with insecticide that's harmful to bugs...

January 10, 2013

What I Have Learned About Writing and Life from Lego (and my kids)

Three and a half years ago, after my son Aidan broke his leg on the...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

The Writing Mama (Part 2 of Many)

There's a kind of a myth of the stay-at-home (homeschooling optional) mom as the perfect...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

My Son’s ‘Chinese’ Tattoo

My boys love temporary tattoos. The love of tattoos seems to skip generations in our...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

For Children, “Fat” is the new “Ugly”

CNN has an excellent series on perceptions of beauty in contemporary US culture. This week's...

March 12, 2012

Blanket Statements

The last thing I really wanted to think about this weekend was food--funny how stomach...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

I just want to be at OUR table…

While in the magical disembodied world that is the Internet, I have appeared to be...

November 2011

November 13, 2011

Remembering Summer

I'm taking Sundays off from writing, instead posting photos. This one--taken this past summer just...

November 11, 2011

A Monster That Has Eaten A Person

As I type this, my two rambunctious boys are running around, screaming, playing, fighting... {real...

November 06, 2011

The Good, The Bad, and the Adorable

I take Sundays off from writing and post meaningful and contemplative gratuitously adorable photos instead....

November 04, 2011

Plumpy-Nut: the paste that fights starvation?

Have you heard of Plumpy'nut? It's a brownish goo made from peanut paste, vegetable oil,...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

Connecting/Celebrating

I've decided to take Sundays off from writing and, instead, post a single photo capturing...

October 16, 2011

Rest

I've decided to rest from writing on Sundays. But I'm going to try to post...

October 08, 2011

Speaking Out, Part Two

{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...

October 05, 2011

DARE to keep kids off…junk food?

{I'm away this week, but will continue to do some (re) posts. This article originally...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Apples! And watermelon! And a distended belly! (and lots of adorable pictures)

This is such a weird time of year. It's technically autumn, but the leaves haven't...

September 22, 2011

Who Would Jesus Feed?

A recent study from the US Department of Agriculture noted that more than one in...

September 16, 2011

Moment of Joy