What the mirror doesn’t see

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Whether I’m hiding behind my kids or not. Whether I’m tired, wraggedy, or manic. He sees me. Not my undone laundry or my messy house. Not my fraying door mat or my futon with the chocolate milk stains. He sees me. Beyond the color of my hair or the size of my waist. Over the [...]

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How I broke up with myself six-and-a-half years ago

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Becoming a parent is a lot like breaking up with yourself. There’s all these things you used to love about yourself and your life. Those late afternoon naps. Those spontaneous movie nights. The tidy house and pretty things that could easily break. Lots of pretty things. Unbroken, pretty things. Uninterrupted meals, sleep, bathroom breaks. Children [...]

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Nothing is ever as easy as it seems, especially not that

March 21, 2012

Sometimes we rage against where we are in life. Especially compared to her. Her – over there – with the easily strung together words or the pretty blog or the stylish shoes or the way with making sense of motherhood. We see the 4×6 snapshot and call it life. That tiny printout. We don’t look [...]

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On surviving the crush of the morning rush

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It occurs to me how much I miss on the days when I’m frustrated. On the days when I hurry them through brushing teeth and climbing bunk bed ladders and demands for just one more sip of water. On evenings when I rush and mutter and long for the solace of bed and laptop and [...]

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Why you should never take your ordinary for granted

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It’s easy for life to start to feel small. To feel caught on a hamster wheel of wake up, breakfasts and packed lunches, a load of laundry, the dishes from last night, vacuum, work, write, tweet, connect, call, walk to Kindergarten to pick up kids, panic about dinner, serve it, wipe down counters, wrestle pajamas [...]

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Sometimes our kids don’t need us to teach, but to listen

February 29, 2012

{This started out as a Five Minute Friday post. I liked it. And then I wanted to edit it a bit. And finish it. So I did.} He holds his heart as we wait at the red line in the immigration queue. His face has a puzzled look. Passports slide back our way and we [...]

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What I learned from almost 2 months almost unplugged

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I just got back from Blissdom. It’s a blogging conference hosted by some super awesome women in Nashville for the last five years. And a lot of super awesome people attend. But it can induce a case of “I’m-not-good-enough-oh-my-goodness-how-will-I-ever-keep-up-itis” in even the best of us. As the last night wound down and women sat around [...]

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On why you need to keep on writing *especially* when you don’t have time

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“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.” ~ Eric Liddell, Gold Medalist, 1924 Paris Olympics I can’t cook. I can’t paint. I can’t sculpt. I can barely decorate my house. But when I write I feel a sense of purpose [...]

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The gospel according to motherhood

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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ~1 Corn. 1:27 I came by motherhood backwards. It was never my intention or my dream. It was a slow revelation that “barefoot and pregnant” was not a phrase ever [...]

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Because your story matters more than your stats

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Child,” said the Voice, “I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no one any story but his own.” C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia p.176. But what if my story isn’t important? What if it’s small and stitched together with load after load of laundry or hours spent [...]

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