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January 2012

January 03, 2012

The God of Do-Overs

There's a haunting scene in the movie, The Pianist, where a woman sitting in a...

January 03, 2012

Dear Katy Perry, It’s Time to Come Home

An open letter to Katy Perry and others like her: We want you back.

January 02, 2012

Do Orcs Play a Role in Your Family Traditions?

I grew up with very few traditions. Though my parents were born and raised in...

January 01, 2012

And on earth, Peace?

The night Jesus was born, the Good Book tells us, angels appeared in the night...

January 01, 2012

The Year In Review

Are you one of the women who spends hours making beautiful baby books for your...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

New Year’s Transformations instead of Resolutions

With trepidation I stepped on the scale this morning and sure enough, learned that I’ve...

December 29, 2011

What I’m leaving behind

A friend of mine just posted this quote from on Twitter: "I don't know the...

December 27, 2011

Knowing Their Frames

Recently, one of my children accused me of wanting her to be perfect. After the...

December 26, 2011

The Hazards of Being a Wal-Mart Greeter

Why would the greeter ask me for my receipt? Did I look like a thief?...

December 26, 2011

Closed on Christmas?

One of the many highlights of my 45-day Indian adventure has been the opportunity to...

December 26, 2011

Christmas Without Papa

Papa took great care of and paid great attention to his grandchildren, but unfortunately not...

December 25, 2011

How to Have a Sane Family Christmas

Before you gripe at your mom, or resent the expensive presents your rich brother-in-law buys,...

December 23, 2011

Herry Chrismukkah?

I wasn’t going to say anything about Chrismukkuh. The Catholic Bishops and Jewish Rabbis recently put...

December 22, 2011

Bossy Christmas

I have been really silent here at What She Said. I get really quiet when...

December 22, 2011

Why Santa Comes to our Home and Brings my Kids Crap

Back in 2004, my first-grade daughter had to write a “book” on famous people for...

December 21, 2011

Missing Christmas

When I told my friends and colleagues in Atlanta that I would be visiting India...

December 20, 2011

The Fight Before Christmas

‘Twas was the night before Christmas, And the house was a dump. The kids were...

December 19, 2011

The Question

A cardinal flew into our picture window after we cleaned it, breaking its little neck....

December 19, 2011

In Defense of a Santa-y Christmas

There’s been a lot of talk about Santa and Christmas here at What She Said,...

December 19, 2011

Santa Truthers

If you're teaching your kids about Santa, you're afraid that your children will meet one...

December 18, 2011

Between Scarcity and Excess

Can we find that perfectly magical place between scarcity and excess? I hope we can...

December 16, 2011

My Gift

Conan, a twelve-year-old homeschooled friend of ours, is obsessed with the Revolutionary War. He spends...

December 16, 2011

Let There Be Peace on Earth!

Oh, the dilemmas! Do we send a picture? Should it include us or just the...

December 15, 2011

Singing the Down on Myself Blues

“I’m feeling sad,” I said to my 13 year old daughter when she asked why...

December 15, 2011

Making a (different) list…

I'm in a season of re-reading books that have inspired me. I blogged about Po...

December 15, 2011

The Perfect Moment

If you've traveled at all during this holiday season, you've seen it: The perfect moment....

December 13, 2011

The Flawed Theology of Naughty and Nice Lists

A few years ago, my mother gave me a Christmas pillow on which a picture...

December 12, 2011

Annoying Christmas Presents? I’m All For Them!

I love giving presents better than receiving them. Really. There's a certain delight that comes...

December 11, 2011

Honor Your Mother And Father

Here is a two-minute video of the nursery kids from our church talking about how...

December 09, 2011

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

Twenty Sunday school students sit in rapt attention as I roll out the Advent story....