Family

06 Mar 2013

For the days you think everyone else has it altogether

For when you get to the end of a long snow day and look around the house and wonder, how? Just how does it always come down to this? The juggernaut of chaos that lives in between these walls. You still wearing the long sleeve TShirt you stole from your little brother last time you were home. Or maybe the time before that. And the boys who made all this mess, they wilt and whine and drop down on the keep reading…

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22 Feb 2013

Five Minute Friday: What mama did

in Family, Five Minute Friday, Motherhood

This week four friends have shared unique memories of their mothers with us. Here are parts one (the storytelling) and two (the mashed potatoes) and three (the laughing) and four (the imagining) in the series. It’s been a gift to unwrap each of them and wonder what my own kids will treasure. The things I never could have imagined they would remember. Way beyond the laundry or dishes or craft projects gone wrong, what things will they take away from keep reading…

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20 Feb 2013

What mama did: the laughing

in Blogging, Cheering for you, Family, Motherhood

This is a four part series. Here are parts one and two. I’ve been thinking about how we moms want our kids to remember us. And maybe what we think will make an impression on them is very different than what they end up remembering. Maybe it’s not keeping up on the laundry or the dishes or doing the perfect crafts or attending every sporting event. Maybe our kids are marked by memories of our motherhood we couldn’t possibly imagine keep reading…

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11 Feb 2013

For the days you feel afraid

in Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

I’m afraid of Zoe’s foot getting stuck between the bars of her crib and afraid of Jackson rolling off the top bunk. I’m afraid that the ancient garbage disposal will hack and heave all that old roast beef back up again. I’m afraid that the new passport won’t make it in time for the trip home again. I’m afraid of the words I want to say and some of the words I’ve already said. I’m afraid of Micah losing parts keep reading…

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23 Jan 2013

You’re not the only one who gets scared

in Cheering for you, Faith, Family

Sometimes when the world feels big and mothering and working and writing feel like they’re eating me and my time alive, I turn to the sink. There’s something about that hot water washing away all last night’s leftovers and today’s anxieties. It can be hard to breathe inside your own head and water is good about loosening up the tied tongue, at least to pray. A commissioning over that frying pan. I bought it just last week at Walmart for keep reading…

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