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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Leaving Something, Starting Something

People have been asking if I’ll miss anything about Brooklyn. The answer, of course, is yes. I’ll miss the friends we’ve made here, the church community we were a part of, walking just about everywhere, taking the subway and getting in and out of Manhattan so quickly, running around Prospect Park, having John get home […]

July 22, 2013

Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Barn-Raising Birthday

This post is a few weeks late, but I still think it’s important enough to share, so here goes!   *     *     *   Last weekend, we celebrated John’s birthday. We also painted three rooms in the house that, come August, will be our home.   I cook a kind of feast for John’s birthday […]

July 15, 2013

Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Quick Takes – Take Two

— 1 — As I mentioned last week, last weekend I had the honor of being a bridesmaid in one of my very dearest friends’ wedding. All the icky weather Friday and Saturday cleared for a beautiful day Sunday. In that, in the service, and in the party that followed, I could feel God’s love […]

May 31, 2013

Blogging, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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