Tag: Gratitude
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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* […]
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Dear Kyeler
Dear Kyeler, Today, you turn two. I remember so clearly the day I met you in the NICU. You were just seven days old. I saw you fighting for breath, your eyes still fused together, in a corner isolette all by yourself. And I loved you. Every day in that hospital, we grew closer and […]
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100 things
I love watching the first green shoots of spring poke their heads bravely through the earth. I love Easter church services and old hymns and toddlers clutching brightly colored plastic eggs. I love brunch with scrambled eggs and crispy bacon and cold orange juice. I love looking at the weather app and seeing an entire […]
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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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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 […]
A Continual Feast 