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Weekend reading
Hello hello! My brain has been swimming with ideas lately and I’m trying to channel them into a few different essays, which feels a lot like wrangling an octopus into a net. Or buckling a frantic toddler into a carseat. Or any analogy that conveys a sense of struggle! 😉 All of that to say, […]
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God in the sauna
“Up! Up! Up!” “Baba? Baba? Baba?” “Mama mama mama!” These sweet sounds punctuate my days, harmonizing with toy cars zooming across wooden floors and Goldfish plunking onto high chair trays. I delight in the cacophany of toddler noises that fill our home. And yet, they often drown out the still, small voice that is also […]
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Contradictions
Life with kids has been a study in contradictions for me lately: emotionally drained yet brimming with lovenever alone though somehow still feeling isolatedtime moving slowly but also flying by a noisy home and an often quiet inner lifeneeding a break from childcare but then missing my kidsbusy all day despite having few plans on […]
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Delight
This is what I desire:to enjoy my days while I’m in themviewing each one as a giftunwrapping them with delight& thanking the Giver
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Abundant mess
It’s around 10am and we are barreling into the house after a morning trip to the YMCA. The boys are hungry; they’re rattling the door of the snack cabinet and whining. I mentally calculate which foods will equal the least amount of mess, settling on rice Chex and blueberries. I get the boys situated in […]
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Snow day
Snow falling in hushed tones Snuggling together on the couch, reading books Warm oatmeal in blue bowls Listening to Christy Nockels Snowflakes on eyelashes Red cheeks and runny noses Boots crunching in the snow on our street Naps 🙂 FaceTiming family Muffin tin brownies baking in the oven Playing Just Dance Night sledding with our […]
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Beach, birthday, & Staunton
Hi friends, I hope you are doing well! November was a fun month for us between a week in Hilton Head with my dad + sibs, my birthday weekend, and Thanksgiving. The boys LOVED our beach trip. We only went to the actual beach one time, but I think they really enjoyed the general change […]
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Halloween 2021
Happy November!!! We had such a fun Halloween with the kids yesterday. We kept it short and sweet, which I think was key to avoiding meltdowns and exhaustion (from both parents and children). CJ was a narwhal and K was a chameleon! They both seemed to love wearing their costumes and being pulled around in […]
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Loving lately [#25]
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Life has been full but GOOD lately! These are the days of spending hours upon hours outside in the gorgeous weather. Bundling up for morning walks. Letting the boys watch 15 (ok, 20) minutes of Little Baby Bums for a sanity break. Church at 5pm on Sundays. Trying to transition to one nap. Listening to […]
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A Tuesday text
I was getting the boys ready to leave for CJ’s 12 month checkup when the social worker texted me, looking for a foster care placement for a 9 year old girl. The social worker briefly described her to me in this way: “She’s polite and respectful. She has next to nothing but we are getting […]
A Continual Feast 