I am thankful 12/5/2010
For advent wreaths. Simply beautiful. For kind fights (and fighters). Responses on Twitter made it clear that many people find it shameful to admit fighting with those closest to them.…
ReadmoreI am thankful 11/28/2010
For safety while traveling. For thankfulness. At the start of this year I did not feel especially thankful. I felt needy and desperate. I was unemployed and Josh’s work had…
ReadmoreI am thankful 11/21/2010
For tangerines. At $1.49 for 3lbs! And all of you locavores may come back with your sign-up materials once I move to Florida or Southern California. I will be happy to sign…
ReadmoreDefensive?
I have never measured the depth of my parents’ epidermises, but I suspect that it would be correct to say that they have thick skin. I grew up expecting others…
ReadmoreLarge Families
Regular readers know that while I am from a large family, I do not plan to have one myself. I believe that having a large family is rather like having…
ReadmoreI am thankful 11/14/2010
For sweet people online. A few people completely misunderstood something that I tweeted and responded by kindly trying to help me understand how there really is a loving non-sexist God. While I did not…
Readmore10 Tips for Parenting a Happy Healthy Large Family
Guest Post by Young Mom. Regular readers know that I believe that large families are as marred by sin and selfishness as any other size family, and that the more…
ReadmoreI am thankful 11/7/2010
For drugs. Of the decongestant painkilling sort. I suffered from many significant headaches as a child and possibly worse sinus infections as a teen. And I never took any of…
ReadmoreI am thankful 10/31/2010
For my next oldest brother. Since our lives have both gotten crazier (and more normal) these past few months we do not get to talk nearly as much as we…
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