Advent Thankful
Yesterday, for my sake, my husband did something he hates: hanging pictures. Yes, after two months of bare walls in the Hoho home, he lovingly nailed paintings and pictures on our wall, while August...
View ArticleSavior of the Nations, Come
For my last post of the Advent season, I’ll leave you with this lovely Advent hymn. I hope that your Christmas is full of wonder and beauty and hope. I’ll check back in with you next week. Until then,...
View ArticleAugust lists some things
What August thinks is crazy: The Weather Mater (the tow-truck from the movie Cars) Tow-Trucks Wow, those things are crazy. Is there anything else you think is crazy? 4. No, just weather and Mater....
View ArticleA day to be thankful in a month full of grateful.
August cheering after a successful rock skip by Tomales Bay After a week where I actually recorded all my grateful thoughts in a journal and now have apparently lost that journal. But, does that mean...
View ArticleOff to Awesomeland!
There are some weeks (like this one) where I don’t post much because I’m utterly exhausted and I’d rather go to sleep at 10 every night. And I figure you’ll forgive me. Then there are some weeks when...
View ArticleWe Need a Horse and how to be weirdly grateful
Yesterday, my dear friend Katie (in San Francisco) sent me a package with two letters, a magazine, and three lovely children’s books (I mean incredibly beautiful, you’ve never seen a book so...
View ArticleCollege Thankful
Welcome to Thankful Tuesday on a Thursday. I hope that’s not terribly confusing. The boys and I get our "guns up" at my Homecoming game. (Yes, those are streamers around August's and my heads.) I spent...
View Article{Practicing Benedict} Your hope of fulfillment
Welcome to Mama:Monk’s weekly Wednesday series examining St. Benedict’s Rule and what it is teaching me about life as a stay at home mom. “Your hope of fulfillment should be centered in God alone. When...
View ArticleLots of changes, all of them good…
A very pregnant Micha (with Brooksie) and Ezra the Super Cat Two and a half years ago, when I moved to San Francisco, I had a 15-month-old and I had just left the job I most loved in the world. I was...
View ArticleGymnastics-Love Friday!
The Christian Science Monitor I had been thirteen for 6 days and was slow dancing with a dark haired boy at Jessica Bond’s birthday party (Jessica, *high five!* I hope you’re out there) the first...
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