{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}
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May 25, 2017
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Family and Parenting
~Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life, as inspired by the women at Like Mother, Like Daughter~ {Pretty} We (or, more accurately, I) decided to give our local CSA a try this year, and we received our first box this week. As I was preparing to slice this kale leaf for a salad, I … Continue reading "{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}"
Read MoreNarrating Her World
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May 22, 2017
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Writing
When she’s in the right mood, and with the right people – both important qualifiers for this girl of mine – Katie is quite the storyteller. There’s no telling when a story might come: it might be in the car as we run errands, it might come over lunch, it might show up in the … Continue reading "Narrating Her World"
Read More{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}
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May 18, 2017
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This Thing Called Life
~Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life, as inspired by the women at Like Mother, Like Daughter~ {Pretty} A good friend brought us roses, clipped fresh from his garden, saying he’d rather see people enjoy them than leave them on the bush where nobody else would see them. We put them in a vase … Continue reading "{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}"
Read MoreTaste and See
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May 15, 2017
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Loving God
Abby loves to eat. (She loves to laugh, too, and to jump in her exersaucer, and to roll laps around the living room, and to watch her sister dance or play or read, but those are topics for other posts). Gone are the days when I could leave her on the floor with a few … Continue reading "Taste and See"
Read More{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}
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May 11, 2017
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This Thing Called Life
~Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life, as inspired by the women at Like Mother, Like Daughter~ {Pretty} Every now and then, as I’m going about my daily activities, I’m struck by how beautiful my girls are – how beautiful all children are, really. The rounded curve of a baby’s cheek. The dark lashes … Continue reading "{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}"
Read MoreA Life of Small Things
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May 08, 2017
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Family and Parenting
A few weeks back, after a particularly long day, one with more than its fair share of toddler tantrums and baby fits, one in which I was feeling tired and needy and insufficient and altogether unfit for this monumental task of raising small humans, I was talking to Jonathan about the way things used to … Continue reading "A Life of Small Things"
Read More{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}
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May 04, 2017
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Family and Parenting
~Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life~ (Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real was originally hosted by the wonderful women over at Like Mother, Like Daughter. They’ve stopped publishing these posts, but the idea fits so well with choosing this moment, and it provides such a good reminder to me to stop and appreciate the small pleasures … Continue reading "{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}"
Read MoreThe Unexpected Good
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May 01, 2017
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Family and Parenting
Sundays are hard on small ones, hard enough that I understand why some families with preschoolers don’t make it to church. With one introverted girl who finds large groups of people overwhelming and another who is happiest when she gets a chance to rest mid-morning, we all four come home exhausted, fully spent and ready … Continue reading "The Unexpected Good"
Read MoreOn Eating Snacks and Wearing Underwear and Finding A Vision for My Life
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March 23, 2017
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Loving God
Sunday morning finds me in the living room of the ministry where we gather for community, for fellowship, for worship. (In other words: church). Jonathan is home, sick, in bed, so I’m alone with my two girls. No, that isn’t quite right. I’m not alone. I am in the midst of friends and family, of … Continue reading "On Eating Snacks and Wearing Underwear and Finding A Vision for My Life"
Read MoreOn Your Fourth Birthday, A Sonnet
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March 16, 2017
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Family and Parenting
I’m not a poet, so please forgive my poor attempt at verse. Old photographs lie withered in the sun. They’re faded now where light and paper met. So, too, the grief I felt for what was done Diminished now, leaves in its place regret. The photographs I took back then are of A chubby, healthy, … Continue reading "On Your Fourth Birthday, A Sonnet"
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