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Tag Archives: Parenting
I Am Your Privacy
As someone who craves the luxury of time and space that can only be found in solitude, I find it incredibly exhausting when I’ve been “on” for long periods of time in my rather gregarious and relational life. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017, work and life
Tagged Christianity, faith, God, Parenting, proximity, Psalm 139, relationship, repentence
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Feeling Check
One of the joys of camp is the intentionality with which feelings are openly discussed. Last night, I was humbled by being welcomed into the feeling check and cabin time of 10 and 11 years olds voicing their emerging questions … Continue reading
Posted in ShrineMont, Uncategorized
Tagged Camp, children, emotion, faith, feelings, hope, inspiration, Parenting, peace, photography, prayer, wild flowers
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Sundays
My daughter asked at dinner last night, “Does the week start on Sunday, or Monday?” It was a loaded question, the way that questions from adolescents generally are. She had her opinion and she wanted to float it to her … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged Christianity, church, community, God, grace, love, Parenting, reflection, religion, sabbath, sacred, sacred space, spirituality, stillness, Sunday, vocation, wholeness
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shattered
My daughter has grown fond of saying that the only thing she and I have in common is the roundness of our faces. While some people seem to think we have a “mini-me” thing going on, she has always taken … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged adolescence, bond, broken, brokenness, childhood, children, daughters, gifts, God, growth, healing, insight, learning, love, meditations, mothers, Parenting, reflections, repair, spirituality, strengths, teens, tweens
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Piano Lessons
I was the same age my own daughter is now when I decided to quit playing the clarinet. I can’t honestly remember what my breaking point was, but I remember moving from being proudly First Clarinet, to quitting band altogether. … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged memoir, music, Parenting, piano, piano lessons, reflection, soul
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Tree of Life
My daughter and I made our annual visit to the Church Hill Irish Festival today. Hands down, it’s my favorite street fair of the year to visit, which means we have visited every year that we’ve lived here in Virginia. … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged abundance, Celtic, family, growth, irish festival, life, motherhood, Parenting, St. Brigid, tree of life
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New Light
Here in Virginia, snow is a rare treat, or at least, a treat for me. I grew up in Western New York with snow as the standard issue landscape for at least five months of the year. Now that I … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged calling, change, Lent, light, ministry, Parenting, questions, sacred space, snow, transformation, vocation
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Advent Words: Heal and Thank
I sit tonight with two days of advent words on my mind and in my heart: “heal” and “thank.” I was in travel-mode yesterday, in route to visit family. So, I set aside my nightly writing to enjoy the family … Continue reading
Posted in Advent 2014
Tagged faith, healing, hip dysplasia, memoire, Parenting, support, thanks, Waiting
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We Can Do It
On this gorgeous Autumn morning, I am sitting at a picnic table in a quiet grove of trees, catching my breath after a long week. The precocious tween that I gave birth to eleven years ago is down the hill … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged archery, daughters, divorce, faith, female, feminism, friends, growth, independence, journey, missouri, mothers, Parenting, relationship, rosie the riveter, sark, st. louis, strength, succulent wild women, tweens, women
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The Week Back
There have been very few years of my life that haven’t involved a significant shift in schedule immediately following Labor Day. In all honesty, there have been only two years of my life since my own start of Kindergarten where … Continue reading
Posted in quotations and reflections, work and life
Tagged academic life, back to school, cadence, faith, journey, Parenting, reflection, seasons, timing, trust, wind, winds of change
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small points of light 