The difficult part about Paula’s book are the practices each day – clean out a junk drawer, scrub a neglected corner, give away something, set up a prayer corner.  They don’t sound all that bad, but when paired with the meditation, the act of each practice ways heavily on me.  I’m not saying this is a bad thing, just a… View Post

Hadley likes to leave notes around the house, mostly to remind her of things she’d like to do. The above message is a reminder to bring in items for show and tell when she is the Star Student.  She created this note about six days before her day to be a star occurred. A few days ago she walked past… View Post

I made myself a little writing spot. I started by collecting all my materials. Then we took a trip to IKEA to create this: This might be my favorite spot in our home. Somebody else likes to work in here, too. The other night I was sitting at my desk and she walked in the room. “Mama?  Are you writing?”… View Post

For Lent, I will be reading the book Simplifying the Soul by Paula Huston.  You can read a great interview about the book here on Sara Zarr’s blog. I particularly enjoyed reading Sara’s thoughts on the way Paula can challenge us without making us feel “like a big fat loser/sinner.”  Loser SLASH sinner.  Not a good combo. However, I completely… View Post

Hadley and some friends went to The Black Rock Center for the Arts to see a musical. The story started out with a boy singing the wonders of playing video games with zombies in them, and how much more fun that is than reading.  Nonetheless, his mother wanted him to read a book so he decided on five or six… View Post