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Preemptive Holiday Grammar Rant

Mother’s Day has always been a special day for me. I have a lot of wonderful women to look up to and appreciate—my mom, my aunts (one of whom doubles as my godmother), my grandma, as well as my mother-in-law, my boys’ aunts, and my fellow mamas.   Needless to say, the day has become […]

May 6, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Year of Faith: A New Year, A Year in Progress

New Year’s resolutions are notorious for not lasting longer than the month of January. That said, I have a couple of my own that I think are reasonable, among them, reading Anna Karenina and working through my yarn stash. Hmm, maybe “reasonable” isn’t the right word there.   In the meantime, though, remember that other […]

January 11, 2013

Faith, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Yesterday

Yesterday I heard our baby’s heartbeat for the third time.   Yesterday I started to relax, and believe that we really would hold this child, warm and wiggly, in our arms come winter.   Yesterday I considered freaking out about having two babies, but decided against it.   Yesterday I peeked a little further out […]

July 20, 2012

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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