final light + our backyard + husband next to me + kids playing + red wine + 65˚ = {this moment}

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo (or group of photos) capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment...

on love |the messy sort that endures all

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Mark, I wonder if I’ll ever forget that moment. That phone call. That evening, sitting by the pool at my parent’s house, talking about American...

our homeschool in pictures | daily routine

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I’ve had several requests to post a “day in our life,” and it actually surprised me how difficult it was to log a full day’s...

on love | have I always trusted you?

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Since I first read Amber and Seth (and several others) writing letters to one another about their marriage, I’ve wanted to do the same. It...

{this moment}: first [freezing] swim of the year

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo (or group of photos) capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment...

the trouble with imaginary belly buttons

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Garfield, Blythe, age 5, crayons and ink pen “Mom!” Blythe’s running at me, distraughtly waving a piece of paper. “Mom! I’m throwing away my Garfield drawing!”...

Easter weekend wrap-up.

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Trying to save some money, we decided to stay home this Easter. So instead of eating tons of delicious food, celebrating the Resurrection with our...

the gardener

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          Even now I can feel him. Hands buried in my heart reaching to upturn old, unwanted roots long hidden from the...

{this moment}: the season for planting seeds

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo (or group of photos) capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment...

“if we don’t feel the death, do we feel the resurrection?”

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Life’s been hell these last several months, turned up-side-down as they say, whoever they are — although heart-inside-out-and-shred-like-spaghetti might be more like it.  I know...