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Wildflower Seed Bombs {A Reluctant How-To}
I’ve previously disclosed how I feel about my ability to write “how-to” posts. Thus, the “reluctant” addition to this, yes, “how-to” post. I’ve decided I’m willing to eat crow in the name of...
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The Struggle for Three {Beginning A Courageous Conversation}
I never truly believe that people really read what I write. Writing is a daily discipline and practice, whether it be through a journal or in this public, yet very private, domain. I write because I...
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The Value Of A Comment {Why We Need To Hear Them}
Here we go. I’m putting it out there. I’m just going to stand tall, embrace the awkward vulnerability and make this one simple request. A small courageous favor. Will you please leave a comment? You...
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My Baby Pees in a Sink Sometimes {Elimination Communication – the first 6...
“Ohhhh…So you’re a crazy mom.” “What? No, I’m not – this is what many, many cultures around the world do.” “Yep, that’s what all the crazy moms say.” I, of course, think I’m normal. But I do let my...
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The Day I Got A “B” and Became {Why I Write Poetry}
“Why hasn’t anyone ever shared that my life is a poem? That my mind thinks in prose, my thoughts are simply captured sonnets.” - Journal Entry December 2012 I couldn’t fathom her request. She was...
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This I Believe {Why I’m Turning Off NPR}
In the vain of This I Believe: I believe in exposing my daughters to the darkness of this world. I believe it’s important for them to experience shadows of “that which is not the best God has for us”...
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New baby, no nursery
(Posted on Her.meneutics last week) I knew I had passed the ambiguous “Is she chubby or is she pregnant?” phase when people started posing direct questions about the baby like “When are you due?” or...
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Today {Why I Support A Million Dollar Building Campaign}
Yesterday morning I lead a small group eleven adults in a discussion reflecting on the Nooma video Today where Rob Bell spoke simply of the need to fully let go of the past in order to fully embrace...
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A Lazy, Shady Balcony Garden {Low maintenance veggies and herbs that survive...
This is my fourth year of balcony gardening. My first year met with moderate success. I had enough lettuce and swiss chard for at least one salad. My balcony that year was mostly sunny. I think I got a...
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10 things we’re digging this week
Jessica’s 5: 1. When Jake and I first began dating he was living with his friend Jess. Little did I know at the time what an impact Jess’s relationship would have in our day to day lives. A gifted...
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The Right To Stay At Home {What Happens In 48 Hours}
A number of years ago I came across Rebecca Solnit’s article The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. It was a time, where in the Chicago city life, we were feeling the pressure to leave the home constantly....
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A Week In the Life of A Dumpster Diving Family
Since blogging is apparently how you tell the world things you don’t even tell your neighbors…here goes. In our home, we are scavengers. We frequent thrift stores, we nab stuff that’s sitting on the...
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10 things we’re digging this week
Katie’s 5: 1. I read Rachel Stone’s review of Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity with interest…particularly for its critiques of a sub-culture I feel like I’m a part of. 2. In...
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Friendships That Bring In the Divine
Maybe it’s the long hours spent tilling foot by square foot of soil by hand, hours passed digging holes, planting seeds, watering juvenile sprouts, watching new life manifest. Perhaps it’s in those now...
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Your Tiny Traveler {Tips for planning a successful trip with baby}
Before our little one was 6 months old, we had taken 1 big trip (5 weeks to the Philippines and Thailand) with her, 2 long-weekend trips (to visit friends and family) and 1 weekend getaway to Chicago...
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The Struggle For Three {Insurance In Kids}
My friend Beth has five kids, ages 1 through 9, averaging out to a new family addition every 18-24 months. Behind her back I call her a chia pet. In front of her face I simply fall to my knees in...
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When being a parent whips your butt and you need a little humor
Around here it has been one of those weeks. The kind that started with me sobbing to Micah about how hard it is to be a mom. And then the very next day, he came home after a horrible day at work with...
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My Home Team {Why I Stink At Relationships and What I’m Doing To Reconcile That}
Yesterday the four of us packed our Civic with a cooler filled with strawberries, apricots, carrots, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, roasted red pepper hummus, pretzels, a few avocados (and forgot...
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10 things we’re digging this week
Jessica’s 5: 1. This week I received a most wonderful belated gift from a dear friend, Jen Gavlin. This woman. This woman can mold. This woman has been molded. This woman took cancer head-on in...
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Flying for (almost) free {How to exploit credit card companies to travel the...
I hate to spend money on plane tickets. In the past 12-ish months, we flew to Costa Rica, Arizona, Colorado, New Orleans, the Philippines, and Thailand for practically nothing using airline miles. No,...
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