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Flying Solo: On Parenting and Plum Lipstick
Chris left for a weekend (this last weekend) so I was flying solo for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning. It felt like a week, but it was really only two full days. Still. There is nothing...
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Over at thinkChristian: Outsourcing Our Memories to Instagram
The advent of instantly posting photos online has revolutionized our documentation of our lives, especially the lives of our children. It’s not uncommon now for us to take a picture a day, filling up...
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Blog Hop: What I’m Writing
Bronwyn Lea tagged me last week in a blog hop on the writing process. I’m excited to share what I’m working on and tag a few other people to participate. 1) What am I writing or working on? I’m...
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A Love Story: The First Strand of A Thousand
“That way we shall create a thousand strands, great and small, that will link us together. Then we shall be so close that it would be impossible — unthinkable — for either of us to suppose that we...
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A Love Story: Two Different Worlds
This is the second part of a new series on a love story. You can find the first part here. While Chris was walking in straight lines, pattering around a colorful Kindergarten classroom in...
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How I Found Motherhood In The Aisle of Trader Joes, Or How Pride Comes Before...
Trader Joes…aka. The Store I Will Not Show My Face In For a Few Months I started to think I had parenting “down” this week. For one brief morning, as the three of us puttered around the house, I...
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Teach Us To Want Review: A Cup of Cold Water For The Soul
I don’t often write book reviews on this site. The other book I’ve loved enough to review was Micha Boyett’s book, Found. I first met Jen Pollock Michel at the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin...
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Hands & Feet
Sometimes other people know how to live life better than you. When you listen to them, you see your life as a sea shell in your hand, you notice for the first time that there are intricate curves...
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July: What I’m Into or A Much Needed Vacation
This morning my close friend Kim had her baby, little Whitcomb, and he is safe and sound, and somehow that makes everything seem a little more right in the world. We just arrived back from Sequoia...
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How Pinterest and Yoga Can Help Iraq and Syria
This last weekend Chris and I attended a wedding in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chris’ mom arrived at our house to take care of Zoe and Kaiden, and we both eagerly woke up the next morning to board...
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What I’m Into: August Edition
This weekend, we celebrated my daughter’s 3rd Birthday with a fluffy sweet chocolate angel food cake and plenty of presents.It’s hard to believe my sweet girl has turned three. It’s harder still to...
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How To Find Your Personal Decorating Style
For years, I thought that I didn’t have style. My sister is the fashion-crazy girl in our family. I wear t-shirts. I am lazy about my makeup. I slip on yoga pants at every opportunity. I love to just...
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This is How You Believe: On Rainy Days, Mints, and Espresso
I could smell Zoe from 3 feet away. She smelled like Crest. I caught her peeking around the corner of the stairs. “Mommy, I ate some mints!” Three glinting wrappers. Her face looked like it was...
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4 Thoughts On Living Out Your Dreams
This week, my husband submitted his $300 deposit for entrance into the Poole School of Management at N.C. State University. It was a milestone. His MBA journey got me thinking about Dreams. Dreams...
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Let’s Talk About Happiness and the Good Life
If these last few years in publishing have had a theme, it might be: happiness. The Happiness Project is a book by Gretchin Rubin (that sucked me in for a few hours because it is such an easy read)...
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Freakin’ Awesome Links For Your Week
This week and last week have been awesome weeks for internet content. From volunteer photographers assisting bereaved families, to the personality of your spouse effecting your career advancement,...
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No, David: Why Motherhood is Like A Children’s Book
I’ve been struggling with my kids, and I find myself repeating “I’m so frustrated!” over and over again as I place Kaiden in his crib, or try to wrangle a screaming Zoe into her car-seat. The word...
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What I’m Into: Nashville, Grass, and Mocha Everything
This is the September Edition of What I’m Into. Linking up with Leigh Kramer. Black Liquid Eyeliner – Everywhere I carry black liquid eyeliner with me in my car and in my house, and beside my bed.I...
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Seven Kinds of People You Meet In Church
I’m over at ChurchPop.com today with a fun article. If you’re a regular church attender, you know that there are a few people you see at church often. These are the “regulars.” We all know what it...
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Why I Won’t Instagram This Moment
Yesterday I was sitting in bed with Chris thinking about how I am a failure at Instagram. I told him: Babe. I don’t Instagram enough. I don’t Tweet enough. I don’t celebrate Facebook occasions like...
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