It’s *still* the most wonderful time of the year, a Black Friday sale, and reflections on over decorating
Anyone else throw those Christmas lights up a little early this year? Like maybe a month or two early? I have to admit that despite all my posturing and practice of liturgical rigor in the early days…
The Postpartum NFP Survival Guide is here!
Last week I launched a brand new baby into the world and have barely had a chance to talk about it, much less write about it. Life has been weirdly, um, chaotic this week. Anyone else? No?…
Feeling crazy anxious lately – could it be because of these 5 things?
Hi, hello, my name is Jenny, and I spent 6 and a half hours on the internet yesterday. Unsurprisingly, I followed that “questionable” (being charitable to myself here) life choice with nearly a whole bottle of inexpensive…
Is your conscience formed by Jesus Christ, or is your conscience formed by the world?
I’ve heard – and read – plenty in the past week thanks to that Trump post that went viral (should I refrain from pointing out that Trump, also, went viral? Alas, I cannot. The puns live loudly…
I voted for Trump in 2016 and I was ashamed. Here’s what I’m doing differently in 2020.
4 years ago seems like a lifetime, honestly. I had 4 kids instead of 6. We were still renters. I was still juggling part time work on someone else’s schedule, trying to make everything fit. The run…
Surprised by homemaking.
In this phase of life – of parenthood? Of 2020? – time seems exceedingly distorted. Mornings stretch out into almost infinity as I process load after load of laundry only to look up and see that it’s…
So it’s … September?
I am finding myself oddly relieved that summer is on its way out whilst simultaneously dreading the advent of Fall for, perhaps, the first time in my adult life. I have always loved PSL season, the thrill…
The wonder of the last baby
I hold my breath, waiting for another cry to pierce the midnight air. Ten, twenty seconds pass. Maybe I imagined it. Then a wail goes up like a fire engine and I push myself up and swing…
An incarnate Jesus necessitates incarnate worship
Let me start this off with a big ol 2020 caveat: if you’re concerned about transmitting or contracting covid, whether because of an underlying condition or an immunocompromised person in your life, you should be free to…
Kids burned through the entire Disney+ catalogue and it’s only July? Try this to get back into the swing of learning.
I know I should be gently nudging our days back towards something resembling structure, particularly structure of the academic variety, but with the prospect of a very, very different sort of back to school season looming over…