{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}
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February 05, 2015
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This Thing Called Life
Today, I’m capturing the context of contentment in everyday life with Rosie at Like Mother, Like Daughter. {pretty} The morning light in our home is especially pretty this time of year, something I can appreciate more than normal due to the drought. Rain is in the forecast for the next few days (hurray!), but I’ve been enjoying … Continue reading "{Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real}"
Read More“We Was Just Here”
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February 02, 2015
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Loving Others
The small gathering we attend on Sunday mornings offers a sharing time at the end of the service, a time for offering reflections on the sermon, for introducing guests, for requesting prayer or reporting praise. Most churches do not include such a thing in their regular meetings; this may be due to time constraints or … Continue reading "“We Was Just Here”"
Read MoreWhat I Learned in January
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January 31, 2015
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This Thing Called Life
At the end of each month, Emily over at Chatting at the Sky looks back at what she learned over those four weeks. It’s a valuable practice, one that encourages introspection and thought, one that results in a list of lessons that can be referenced time and time again, and so today I am joining her … Continue reading "What I Learned in January"
Read MoreOn Winter Storms
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January 27, 2015
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Family and Parenting
The snow swirls, flakes drifting lazily from a storm-darkened sky. I must admit this is somewhat anticlimactic; yesterday, they were predicting doom and gloom, telling us that certainly the end was coming, that we would all be confined to our homes as the world turned white. There will be piles of snow, they told us, … Continue reading "On Winter Storms"
Read MoreWorth the Risk
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January 14, 2015
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Family and Parenting
“We hope to give Katie siblings some day, brothers or sisters as companions and playmates and friends. And despite the pain we suffered, despite our ability to conceive without medical intervention, we hope that one or more of those siblings might come through adoption.” I’ve got another post up at Brain, Mother today – join … Continue reading "Worth the Risk"
Read MoreWinter
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January 13, 2015
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Loving God
We’re past the holidays now, have moved into the long stretch between the festive gatherings of December and the first blooms of spring. It’s interesting, isn’t it, that winter begins on the shortest day of the year? That though the days grow longer, though the light, the blessed light, is returning, still weeks of cold … Continue reading "Winter"
Read MoreMy Bucket List
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January 09, 2015
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This Thing Called Life
I ran yesterday, pounded out three miles on the treadmill while Katie played happily on the floor beside me. The end of the show I was watching came earlier than the end of my workout, and so I found myself going the last half mile without distraction, my steps punctuated by my daughter’s coos, by the … Continue reading "My Bucket List"
Read MoreNew Year Resolutions: The Things that Matter
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December 31, 2014
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Loving God
The holidays come and go in a flurry of green and red and gold, Christmas carols providing a lovely backdrop to the decorating of the house, to the making and wrapping of gifts, to the cooking of pies and of roasts. We had a simple season this year, simple gifts, simple plans, and it was … Continue reading "New Year Resolutions: The Things that Matter"
Read MoreDancing, Despair and Hope
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December 17, 2014
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Family and Parenting
We danced the other night, Katie and I. Lest you have any visions of grace and beauty running through your mind at that statement, let me dispel them right now: by “danced”, I mean I spun awkward circles in my living room, made fumbling sashay steps back and forth, and sang an off-key version of … Continue reading "Dancing, Despair and Hope"
Read MoreOf Infant Sleep and Answered Prayer
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December 12, 2014
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Family and Parenting
Note: This may seem like a standard new-parent-detailing-of-infant-sleep (or lack thereof) at first, but hang in there! There’s more to this post than that. In the past several weeks, Katie has decided that sleep is simply not for her. She has fought naps, arching her back and crying when I try to convince her to … Continue reading "Of Infant Sleep and Answered Prayer"
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