I read a great selection this month, and finished my first 2 pregnancy books! I’ve been working on a lot of different genres for my whole life, and this is a new genre for me. I’m excited for this next chapter!
Tag Archives: marriage
unexpectedly expecting
after 5 years of marriage where we’ve clung to the party line of “God is bigger than birth control and the best laid plans of mice and men,” we’re taking the training wheels off!
refresh reality
earlier this month, I was trying to write, and I published a post focused on and played with the re-create-, the create and recreate, creation and recreation, how I mirror and reflect the creativity of the creator in how I create and recreate, how I honor the work of God through my play, and howContinue reading “refresh reality”
Prayer in the Night
Tish’s first book, The Liturgy of the Ordinary, is one of my all time favorites, and this is one now, too. such a good and thorough and thoughtful look at grief, heaviness, sorrow, fear, pain, anguish — and hope, joy, peace, not despite those other things, but because of and in the midst of them.Continue reading “Prayer in the Night”
Written In My Own Heart’s Blood
I finished my re-read of the main 8 books. waiting for #gotellthebeesthatiamgone and debating re-reading the Lord John novellas… #WrittenInMyOwnHeartsBlood is probably my favorite. the depth and width and breadth of the redemption, courage, forgiveness, grace, love, growth — 😠As a redhead this made me laugh far more that it probably should have:“I didn’tContinue reading “Written In My Own Heart’s Blood”
10 year not-iversary
we all want a fairy tale, don’t we? when I was 21, I thought I had it all figured out. I’d met a guy, fallen in love. I was on track to finish college. we were young and everything was fresh and wonderful – and when he showed up at my parents’ house with aContinue reading “10 year not-iversary”
What Kind of Woman
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Kate Baer’s collection What Kind of Woman during this year’s national poetry month. “This is not a dress rehearsal before a better kind of life. Pick up your heavy burdens and leave them at the gate. I will hold the door for you.” “For now just remember how you felt theContinue reading “What Kind of Woman”
The Echo Wife
I honestly don’t know how to describe this ride except to say it filled me with equal parts horror + fascination. so I guess it succeeded? what do you do if your husband leaves you for another woman? what do you if your husband leaves you – for another you? Evelyn is at the topContinue reading “The Echo Wife”
To Have and To Hoax
this was really funny, and it definitely pulled you in. not a typical romance, in that this book skips over the honeymoon period and drops you right into a 4 year long ice age. Violet and James both have to acknowledge and face the pains from their past that have transformed their marriage from aContinue reading “To Have and To Hoax”
perhaps the greater 