Here you'll find current musings, as well as the archives from two blogs of yesteryear: YoungMarriedMom and What I Learned While Writing a Novel. Please comment and share. We love well when we are in conversation with one another. 

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Dear Henry XIII

Dear Henry,   Today you are ten months old. I can see your babyness starting to melt away, and it is bittersweet. On the one hand, I love where you are right now. You pull up to stand, chew on, or pull up to stand and then chew on everything that comes your way. Seriously, […]

October 22, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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A Year After Anaphylaxis

Early last week, I felt like I was forgetting someone’s birthday. Life is still so busy that getting a text out would have to make it to a to-do list in order to get sent, but first I’d have to know whose day it was.   Today, I remembered: it wasn’t a birthday I was […]

August 20, 2013

Allergies, Faith, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Summer Time

There’s a saying that you vote with your money, that is, the way you spend your money manifests your priorities, your values, and so on. I’d argue that the same is true of your time. The way you spend your time is a show of what’s important to you and what isn’t (even if you […]

July 29, 2013

Faith, Marriage, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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