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December 2014

December 11, 2014
One of my sons talks a lot about death, and it comes up in the...

October 2014

October 10, 2014
  When I was pregnant with our first child there were so many things I...
October 29, 2013
A few weeks ago, I asked folks on Twitter--and specifically, my colleague Amy Simpson, who...

September 2013

September 30, 2013
I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I think the key word is...

August 2013

August 21, 2013
My children spend more time building with Lego than just about anything else. While they...
August 09, 2013
My friend Karen Swallow Prior has an award-winning essay up at Christianity Today's This is...

June 2013

June 27, 2013
For me, there is nothing quite like being outdoors, and, especially, seeing wild creatures, as...
June 03, 2013
My dad told me about a series of comic books that were available when he...

January 2013

January 29, 2013
We have the best sort of bed nets, treated with insecticide that's harmful to bugs...
January 10, 2013
Three and a half years ago, after my son Aidan broke his leg on the...

June 2012

June 26, 2012
There's a kind of a myth of the stay-at-home (homeschooling optional) mom as the perfect...

April 2012

April 26, 2012
My boys love temporary tattoos. The love of tattoos seems to skip generations in our...

March 2012

March 20, 2012
CNN has an excellent series on perceptions of beauty in contemporary US culture. This week's...
March 12, 2012
The last thing I really wanted to think about this weekend was food--funny how stomach...

January 2012

January 26, 2012
While in the magical disembodied world that is the Internet, I have appeared to be...

November 2011

November 13, 2011
I'm taking Sundays off from writing, instead posting photos. This one--taken this past summer just...
November 11, 2011
As I type this, my two rambunctious boys are running around, screaming, playing, fighting... {real...
November 06, 2011
I take Sundays off from writing and post meaningful and contemplative gratuitously adorable photos instead....
November 04, 2011
Have you heard of Plumpy'nut? It's a brownish goo made from peanut paste, vegetable oil,...

October 2011

October 30, 2011
I've decided to take Sundays off from writing and, instead, post a single photo capturing...
October 16, 2011
I've decided to rest from writing on Sundays. But I'm going to try to post...
October 08, 2011
{I'm away this week. In addition to the delights of being with family & friends,...
October 05, 2011
{I'm away this week, but will continue to do some (re) posts. This article originally...

September 2011

September 29, 2011
This is such a weird time of year. It's technically autumn, but the leaves haven't...
September 22, 2011
A recent study from the US Department of Agriculture noted that more than one in...
September 16, 2011
Inspired by Amanda Blake Soule's {this moment}, I'm following a Friday ritual: posting a single photo--no...
September 09, 2011
Inspired by Amanda Blake Soule's {this moment}, I'm following a Friday ritual: posting a single photo--no...
September 02, 2011
Inspired by Amanda Blake Soule's {this moment}, I'm following a Friday ritual: posting a single photo--no...

August 2011

August 26, 2011
Inspired by Amanda Blake Soule's {this moment}, I'm following a Friday ritual: posting a single photo--no...
August 19, 2011
Inspired by Amanda Blake Soule's {this moment}, I'm following a Friday ritual: posting a single photo--no...
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