Lent as a Time of Healing
“How is it possible to embark on a mission that will bring with it so much suffering and humiliation? This is unthinkable for one seeking power, but this is embraced by one who loves, or rather, who...
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Miscarriage Resources
There are a ton of resources for grieving and healing after a miscarriage out there, but it’s one of those experiences where when you need answers, you need them now. While my hope is that no one will...
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Blessed Are Those Who Knit
. . . for those whom they love will keep warm. Last October, I learned how to knit. Or rather, I relearned how to knit. My mom taught me when I was younger, but I never made any kind of project, not...
View ArticleGrief Update
For a while now, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Saturday mornings. They’re great because, with the exception of about half an hour Friday night, they’re the start of family time for the...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was Good News
At the beginning of the week, I was starting to feel like only bad news was coming our way. They say that bad news comes in threes, but it seemed more like multiples of three to me. At one point, I...
View ArticleThese Things Take Time
When Lent started this year, I figured I should focus on it not only as I have in the past—as a way to put the distractions aside and step closer to God again—but also as a means of concentrated...
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A Little Help, Please
Blog friends, I come to you with a favor today. I’ve been finding a lot of time to read lately, but I keep reading books in which people either die or almost die. I knew what I was getting into with...
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The Wait Isn’t Over
For our family and for our more immediate circles of friends, Lent was a time of waiting. Waiting for acceptance letters, job offers, test results, moving dates, a new roommate. There has been a lot of...
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A Simple Question, a Not-So-Simple Answer
This weekend we attended an event at which we met a bunch of couples with young families. It was our final Family Enrichment general session for the year, and we really went out with a bang. For the...
View ArticleJoyful and Triumphant
Saturday night, while John took the Christmas decorations from where they’d been stowed in our giant living room closet and I prepared dinner (which, coincidentally, was red, green, and white), we...
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