being raised in a religious family
Ok, so I never set out to talk much about religion here on the blog. I’m just here to talk about mothering and family. But I guess religion (I am…
Sunday pondering — a “conscious receiving”
I’ve been thinking about this a lot…another beautiful quote from Richard Rohr. I wish I could remember which meditation it was part of so I could refer you to the…
planting seeds for making new friends…
…under a pink sunset sky. There is so much power in friends. A while back our Stake President, the church leader who presides over a group of wards (or church…
our church live nativity and a nativity story
Our church congregation had our third annual live nativity last week. The Roman soldiers: The shepherds: (That woman up there second from the right made all these costumes last year…she…
He is the Gift
We’ve been doing a lot of gift-buying and scurrying around around here, and so I just think I really needed to watch this today. …And to remember that HE is…
real questions for real life
I love when kids ask real questions for real life. When they are searching. And when they are vulnerable and lay their feelings out on the line. I love when…
prayers to sanctify my vulnerable efforts this Christmas season
We have found a new therapist for Lucy. And when I say it like that it sounds as if it was merely a phone call and an appointment made, when…
angels are those who look UP and “light the world”
As anyone who has read this blog for a while knows, our last baby, Lucy, was born with six toes on her left foot. The doctor assured us this was…