I’m thrilled to feature one of my favorite posts by one of my favorite bloggers today. Corinne from Trains, Tutus, and Teatime agreed to let me share her post, which for some reason (since that title doesn’t appear anywhere) I’ve called “Monsters” in my head. This is a classic example of Corinne’s ability to “see [...]
I’m thrilled to feature a post by Julie Roads of Writing Roads today. I have long admired Julie’s blog and we’ve recently corresponded, finding, to my delight, a zillion common threads in our lives and endless things to talk about. Julie is funny and straight forward, a writer and a runner, down-to-earth and tremendously warm. [...]
I am delighted to be posting at Tracey Clark’s remarkable I Am Enough collaborative today. I adore what Tracey’s project represents and am thrilled to participate. As anyone who visits this space knows, I write mostly about my efforts – sometimes frantic, sometimes futile, sometimes fruitful – to realize that my very own ordinary life [...]
It is my distinct honor to be guest posting today at Karen Maezen Miller’s beautiful site, Cheerio Road. Karen’s book, Hand Wash Cold, is among those that have most moved and touched me in the last few years, and I’ve come to think of her as one of my teachers, one of my shepherds. What [...]
So, I read a lot of blogs. We’ve established that. Still, I have my very favorites, those that I treasure and hold dear, whose words routinely speak straight to my heart. Heather’s blog, The Extraordinary Ordinary, is one of those very favorites. It has been such a joy to get to know her in the [...]
I was flattered when Lauren from Embracing the Detour asked me to share the story of my life’s big detour. The detour that began one Friday morning when, wearing my Madonna-in-concert headset and on a conference call about recruiting plans for the next year, I glanced down at a pregnancy test and saw two pink [...]
Grace was a colicky baby. I was a colicky new mother. Those first few weeks and months involved far more crying than they did sleep. First, I was lost in the 24 hour tilt-a-whirl cycle of newborn-ness where day and night blend into each other in an endless wash of tears, milk, and a general [...]
I am delighted to be over that The Kitchen Table today, writing about talking to my kids about God and understanding in a new way what holiness is. Also, thanks to Corinne at Trains, Tutus and Teatime for showing me the way to this great, collaborative site.
I’m absolutely delighted to be participating in Snippets at Boy Crazy: finding clarity in the chaos today. Elizabeth’s brilliant idea about collaborative art makes the most of this disparate and wonderful web community. Together our voices and eyes can be more than any of us is individually. I love the concept she has pioneered and [...]
Karen Maezen Miller is one of my idols. No, really. She, even on the screen, radiates peace, calm, and the hard-won wisdom of someone who has really put in her time to live in her life. I mention the hard-won part because my sense is that for her this is a practice, a deliberate effort. [...]
