Tag: Gratitude
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Melissa
In the spring of 2016, my current apartment lease was ending and I needed a place to live for a few months before Josh and I got married. I casually mentioned the situation to Melissa, a friend from church. She was nearly a decade older than me and a mother to three young boys, so […]
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Looking up
I look up because the night sky is a plate of diamonds, spilled and sparkling. I look up because there is my husband, my neighbor, my friend, ready to tell me their thoughts. I look up because I don’t want to be so busy staring down at a rectangle that I miss the natural shapes […]
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100 things (summer edition!)
I love sliced tomatoes with sea salt. Basil from the garden, on everything. Eating berries like candy and watching my fig tree grow in the front yard. I love perusing the farmers market on a Saturday morning and bringing home bread and veggies and coffee. I love watching fireflies light up our backyard at night. […]
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June 15
On the morning of June 15, 2020, I bounced out of bed (well, as much as a 6 months pregnant woman can “bounce”) and double checked that everything in the house was just right. The bassinet was set up in the guest room, the play mat was laid out on our living room floor, preemie […]
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Living in the “and”
Parenting has been challenging me in new ways lately. All the mess and the noise and the Why did you do that when I just asked you not to? It’s enough to make any slightly perfectionistic, Enneagram One person feel a liiiittle bit crazy. In an effort to more fully enjoy this season, I am […]
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Ordinary
This weekend we swam in the pool and ate burgers and laughed with friends. We went to church and planted flowers and read books. Kyeler started calling me “mommy” instead of “mama,” and CJ learned to say (I swear) “probiotics.” It was all so ordinary and wonderful and I couldn’t help but think—this is the […]
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I don’t want to forget
I don’t want to forget how, the first time I gave Kyeler a raisin, he held the tiny wrinkled thing up to me and proclaimed, “Football!” I don’t want to forget the Easter egg hunt we had in the backyard with our neighbors, how the weather was perfect, and how we made up games to […]
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When nature resumes her loveliness
There is something about spring that gives me permission to begin again. All the lilies and trees and tulips are saying, “Look! We’re doing it!” and so I join them. I start with my external environment: our home. I’m fairly certain I have neglected most basic household cleaning tasks over the past year, so I […]
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Golden hour
Honey light drips onto bare bellies and curly hair still wet from the bath. The stickiness of the day has been washed away, leaving a blank canvas for tomorrow’s messes. The boys are mischief and joy and innocence squeezed into small, syrup scented bodies. It’s a Tuesday evening and we don’t even know we are […]
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3/19/22
When I got home from work today I realized Josh had left the front door wiiiide open while he was gone all day with the kids. Then, a few minutes after going inside I noticed my car keys weren’t on the hook next to our door… because I had locked them inside the car. *sigh* […]
A Continual Feast 