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I suspect I’ve been a bit, um, whiney, in my social media postings lately. Also, about 80% of them have been about how I’m not getting enough sleep. Which is totally true. But I also really like sleeping. A lot. However, I realized this morning that I needed to take a moment to recount some [...]
So, full disclosure before I start ruminating on social media (and, for many of us, facebook in particular): as of last week, I am a facebook wife. Not that that’s a thing. in fact, my web-developer husband says he was pleasantly surprised by how many women were working at facebook, even in the tech-ier positions [...]
(A caveat: my new short-term church position is going really well. All things considered, it’s lovely. I’m happy.) Overall, when the sun is shining and life is good, I’m quick to say that Church belongs to Jesus, and it’ll survive in spite of us. But, there are times when I’ve been reading a bit too [...]
(In honor of the release of my dear friend Katherine’s book Any Day a Beautiful Change, I’m participating in a blog carnival, Any May a Beautiful Change. Katherine’s book is about motherhood, so here’s a little May-themed motherhood post.) My first baby, Zora, was easy in the begetting. (I’ll just leave it at that.) Number [...]
Here’s the confirmation class of Park Ridge Community Church, 1965.
Last week I fulfilled a months-old promise to Zora to make a big pot of Dutch split pea soup. She loves it. Not just for the taste, but also because, at age 3, she thought it was called “Spit Pee Soup,” and what preschooler doesn’t love a name that counts two bodily functions among its [...]
We did it: took the kids out long past their bedtime for Ash Wednesday. It was too much work to schlepp them downtown to the church we attend right now, so given the choices of churches I’ve never attended in our neighborhood, I went Lutheran. I think the Lutherans are good at Lent. Plus, while [...]
The original plan was to take a restorative, reflective New Year’s Day walk alone. I am almost never alone now: there’s always a kid with me. But even though Erik had offered to make the original plan happen, by the time I was about to leave, Zora was antsy. I gave her the option, and [...]
I started packing the books this afternoon. There are (probably quite literally, but I am afraid to count) hundreds of other things on my to-do list, and with a week left, I wonder if I have no business squandering time when my brain is functional to pack books. I should probably wait until next week [...]