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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What I want my daughter to know about the mean girls

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My tiny human, my gorgeous darling, my little one – you are a girl. You are our first girl and I will never stop celebrating it.  You are a gorgeous, dimpled, delicious, just-one-year-old baby girl. And my darling, there’s some stuff that comes with being a girl that I want to tell you about. Most [...]

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We are the Sunday Morning people

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It’s good Friday. Resurrection Sunday is coming. I needed much more than five minutes. But you’re still so welcome to link up your Five Minute Friday posts below. The prompt is “light.” Some days when I see ugly, hard, hurting places in the world I want to counter them with beauty. I want to bury [...]

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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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The one where I get all the presents on my daughter’s first birthday

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I unwrap a gift today. Tenderly. There is crisp, pink tissue paper and tiny fingers. A small foot. A pair of dimples. Cherry blossom love kisses the sky and my daughter’s cheeks. My daughter. There you are. One full year of memories. All those midnight hours and aching bones and swaying shoulders and desperate prayers [...]

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Five Minute Friday: Brave

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Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We finger paint with words. We try to remember what it was like to just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Where your words are welcome, just as they are! (<–-Tweet this!) 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no [...]

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Why it’s worth sharing our messy stories

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They asked me to speak at our church’s monthly women’s breakfast. I had no idea what to say or where to begin. All I could think of is my long list of things I get wrong. On repeat. I’m not afraid of this list. I’m not embarrassed by it. I don’t feel the need to [...]

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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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