I have decided that 19th century writers did have some advantages over my generation, us millenial scribblers. Though I don’t envy Jo of Little Women “copying out her novel for the fourth time” by hand, still, a thick stack of handwritten manuscript WOULD make a nice picture to post on social media- more satisfying than …
On The Path (Motherhood Musings)
Our freshly-four Sean starts preschool tomorrow, and I just got done crying. He didn’t want to eat his dinner and I sat on his bed and asked him to tell me about his feelings, which he didn’t want to do, and finally I lay down next to him and told him that after his big …
Unreforming
Wikipedia: Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. If you asked me when I first learned about Reformed theology, I wouldn't be able to …
The Heart of God
There's a John Mayer song that I like. I like a lot of John Mayer's lyrics for their poetic imagery (slow-dancing in a burning room, anyone?) This one isn't particularly poetic, but it can help me have a nice sloppy cry on the days when a sloppy cry is in order. I hate to see …
Here I Go Again…
I'm turning 30 in a couple of months, and that seems like a decent enough excuse to start a new blog. I thought about getting a tattoo, but once again flinging my thoughts out into the world seems like a slightly less painful form of self-expression. Not that I don't like writing– I've been writing …
