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    Housekeeping notes on a Tuesday

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I won’t launch into the familiar script of wow gosh how has that much time passed since I last dropped a line around these parts but…know that I know. And I know, it’s poor blogging form. Except…

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  • About Me

    Housekeeping notes from a sabbatical

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I’m just going to go ahead and assume we’d be mutually bored to tears by the explanations and equivocations I could give you for why it’s been 4 months since I last laid finger to keyboard and…

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  • About Me,  body image,  motherhood,  pregnancy

    Some thoughts on body image during pregnancy and postpartum, and the ego-shattering expense of motherhood

    By Jenny Uebbing

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Seriously, though, it was the worst of times for about the last 3 weeks of Benedict’s pregnancy, which seemed to stretch interminably out over major…

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  • About Me,  books,  ditching my smartphone,  reading,  self care,  social media,  technology

    Want to become an awesome reader? Do these 5 things

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I received a flurry of comments, emails, and DMs after the year-end book list I published in late December. There were plenty of thanks for the recommendations, but there were even more incredulous queries along the lines…

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  • About Me,  Catholic Spirituality,  deliverance,  Evangelization

    Evangelizing with your story

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I tend to lean pretty far in the self disclosing direction when I share here on the blog. I’ve pulled back a little bit as the kids have gotten older as far as the specifics I share…

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  • About Me,  Family Life,  motherhood

    What my 5 kids taught me in 2018 {part 2}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Continued from yesterday. Read part 1 here. 3. Accept people for who they actually are One of our kids has struggled heroically this year with emotional regulation. I can say heroic now because I recognize the delicate…

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  • About Me,  Family Life,  large family,  motherhood,  Parenting

    What my 5 kids taught me in 2018 (I should have taken better notes)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Another retrospective New Year’s post, just what the internet needs! For your enjoyment I think I’ll break it into two installments since said internet has destroyed our collective attention span. You’re welcome. I sighed this morning, as…

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  • About Me,  book list,  books,  reading

    The PG-rated book list you’ve been waiting for {what I read in 2018}

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I started this post in November soooooo things are just swimming along for us as we round the bases to close out 2018. Here’s the recap: Christmas: we missed it. Bird flu, we have it. Norovirus: we…

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  • About Me,  deliverance,  feast days,  keto,  mental health,  mindfulness,  motherhood,  PPD

    Consolations and Desolations of 2018

    By Jenny Uebbing

    The other night we did something pretty remarkable with a group of friends at a Christmas party. Wedged in right between the overconsumption of some terrible red wine and a white elephant gift exchange, one of the…

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  • About Me,  toddlers

    Luke is a verb

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Lately I’ve been taking a little journey back to the period called “inexperienced motherhood.” It usually happens in Trader Joe’s or somewhere else in public, where I’ll look down next to my cart and see that someone…

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