How do I love thee?

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Let me count the ways:

“For YOU created Zoe in my inmost being; you knit her together in my womb. I praise you because she is fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know that full well.”
Psalm 139: 13-14

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‘Cause I think Jesus could take an army of ninjas

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Ninjas are very important in our house. It is impossible to over exaggerate this point.
They loom large in the minds of my boys who spend hours flinging themselves off beds, leaping sofas, hiding behind doors, and rescuing me (whether I like it or not) from unseen foes. I think they view ninjas as a cross [...]

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Five Minute Friday: The Women

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This is the time of week we steal those five minutes while the kids are fingerpainting the dining room table, the neighbor’s dog has stopped barking, or the microwave is popping some corn to splash down our thoughts on paper.
Just five minutes.
To paint a verbal picture.
I’m at the Blissdom Blogging Conference this week – so [...]

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You’re Invited! {Blissdom & a Twitter Party Tonight}

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It’s hard to feel left out, isn’t it?
Even when the left-out-ed-ness isn’t on purpose.
Even when it’s just a matter of geography or timing or finances.
Or the fact that you had another commitment when the rest of your writing team for (in)courage were headed to the beach together.

And some days I’m totally tempted to photo shop [...]

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Pregnant with Christmas, part 4: The Choosing

December 20, 2010

As we travel toward December 25th, I will be marking the four weeks of Advent with this series - Pregnant with Christmas. You can read part one here, part two here and part three over here. With one child born two days after Christmas and my tummy full of another one right now, so many of my [...]

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How to win friends and influence people

August 20, 2010

It’s not always how you might imagine.
I think cupcakes are very effective. But not as effective as sharing stories of failure.
Admitting we don’t have it altogether and that some days motherhood makes us feel just plain inadequate on every level.  Showing our scars and the stories behind them. More importantly confiding how we emerged and [...]

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How the story ends

August 19, 2010

My mom used to take us out of school to go and see movies she considered important. That’s how I saw White Nights and the Back To The Future series. We would immerse ourselves in the stories and talk for hours afterwards about the characters, their choices, and what we might have done differently. I would [...]

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Caption this photo please

August 18, 2010

Because I have no words…..

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When home is more than a zip code

August 12, 2010

I’ve lived on three different continents in the last ten years. And I’m learning that home is much more than four walls and a familiar neighborhood. Home is the God who understands each of the unique languages, thoughts, hopes and dreams of our individual hearts. Nothing can separate us from His love. Not time zones or [...]

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At Home in the Inbetween

June 10, 2009

My Grandma turns 98 today. Ninety-Eight! That’s just two years shy of a century, people! And she still turns up at all family events wearing a suit, pantyhose, meticulous makeup and accessories, and heels. She remembers all her grandkids and greatgrandkids by name. She attends most family functions – I mean, a mere decade ago [...]

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