These days I mostly try not to write. My life is so full of work and family and weeding. But every now and then, my brain starts to itch and the only way to scratch that itch is writing. This is where you will find my most recent scratchings.
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To the Hardest Job Ever Done
Good morning my brave, hardworking, heart loving mamas of the world. I don’t have a new post for you to celebrate Mother’s Day. But I thought I’d link to some of my favorite older posts about the hardest job I’ve ever done. Happy Mama Day! Stretch Marks The Way He Walks And in case anyone has not yet found their way to it in the sidebar, my most personally transformative post ever– Submission. Now, get off the computer and go enjoy your family! (I mean me.)
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Stinging Nettle Tattoo
All I can say is, there is some ironic justice in getting a tattoo of a stinging nettle.
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One Great Thing
Today is my birthday. 35. Half-way to 70. I’m getting that tattoo I told you about, of a stinging nettle. We leave New Orleans in 6 days, and packing is mostly done. We are now to the moving sale and deep cleaning stage. While going through my drawers I re-discovered this traditional Inuit poem/song, which has come through to me in my life several times. It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. ….. I think over and over again my small adventures my fears those small ones that seemed so big. …… For all the…
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Combating Conformity from Alaska to New Orleans to Bahrain
***Today’s guest post is excitingly international– Penny is a mama living in Bahrain, and writes at homeschoolingmiddleeast. Thanks for sharing a sliver of your life with us here Penny!*** I’ve been racking my brains as to what to write in my guest blog. I’m a homeschooler in the Middle East, living on the tiny and troubled island of Bahrain abutting the relatively huge, powerful country of Saudi Arabia. I really wondered about what I’ve got in common with Calamity Jane or Apron Stringz readers, what I could say that would be of interest to them. I can’t stand cooking (although…
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