Courage to find Significance in the Every Day
It was my great joy and honor to speak at MOPS (Mother of Preschoolers) this week. I was asked to please post my talk online. Here it is. Try to imagine yourself in the company of a room full of moms...
View ArticleTalking to Kids About What Easter and Jesus have to do with Chocolate Easter...
Everybody knows Christmas and Easter are the two big Christian holidays. And everybody knows, apparently, how you are supposed to celebrate the two big Christian holidays. Trees, lights, gifts and...
View ArticleWhen it’s time to hang up the Super-Mom cape
The mornings are crisp, now. It still gets sunny and warm later in the day, but when I’m up before dawn, I need something with sleeves: a sure sign that winter is coming. It’s not here yet, but I see...
View ArticleWriter Mom Haiku
Writer Mom Haiku Dishwasher running Washing machine laundering Cursor blinking, waits by Ellen Mandeville, illustrated by Corrie Haffly If you’re just joining me on my Conquer-My-Fear-Of-Poetry month...
View ArticleLament for a Boy (Jamie Calloway-Hanauer)
This lament is written for Jeremy, Jamie’s son, gone too soon from SIDS. Lament Why, oh God, have you have ripped him from my bosom, torn him from my womb? No better than a thief, you have emptied...
View ArticleV is for Vocation (Some thoughts on Calling)
I’m thrilled to have my first piece over at The Mudroom today. This month they are exploring the themes of vocation and calling. I thought I had something to say on that topic, but a funny thing...
View Article“Help, I’m jealous of my husband’s job”
Dear Bronwyn, I’m struggling with resentment about my husband’s frequent work trips. They’re often a week or more long, with mixed genders, and I struggle to keep my imagination under control. He is a...
View ArticleThings My Mother Told Me (Shannon Wilson)
Reader Shannon Wilson sent me this amazing story about her Mom. Please welcome Shannon to the blog and savor this beautiful story. For the past 15 years, my mother has talked to me about the day that...
View ArticleThe Betta Mom (an unexpected story)
I’m delighted to have a guest post over at Melanie Dale’s fabulous blog, Unexpected, today (Remember Melanie? She wrote that awesome post about being a Cheerleader Mom). My post is about our pet fish,...
View ArticleFinding God in the (Mommy) Whirlwind
How I wish Catherine McNiel’s book Long Days of Small Things – Motherhood as a Spiritual Discipline had been around when I was first a mom. Her conviction that God know and sees and loves and longs to...
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