Art by messycanvas bumped from the archives I jump when they say, “Boo!” Why does my heart race and I feel alarm even when laughter has covered their faces, and I feel no shame in having been gotten? This fear, where does it come from? ***** It comes from sitting on the toilet and…
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Day 13 – Owning Our Brokenness – Silver Linings Playbook
Incarnation – It Means Something!
Conservative Christianity has not taught me to be a healthy person, and it has not taught me how to raise healthy children. The view I was raised with, the advice I keep seeing handed out, the wisdom I listened to for 90 minutes this morning, basically assumes everything needed for life – even for…
Beautifully Unuseful to God, and an Interview
I am on the neon green blow-up raft, desperately trying to stay afloat, to relax amidst the play of kids. Futile, I know. They’ve decided to play ‘King of the Raft’ instead, and I am being pushed and pulled off, toppled and dunked by 3 small children. Their currency is laughter and they spend it…
10 (+2) Books for the Kiddos
I homeschool, so we go through a lot of books. We own a lot of books. My husband finally had to build me a very large bookshelf/desk/storage unit in our entryway, and that still isn’t enough. (I’d take a picture but it’s really dirty!) All that to say, I love books, and kids books. …
5 Kids Do Not a Quiet Time Make
The kids are all in their rooms or quietly playing outside, the daily after-lunch quiet time attempting to get underway. I sit at my desk, opening my prayer book, wanting connection and peace before I begin to write. I get one sentence in. O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you as the…