Help!

Could someone please remind me of all the stuff you've got to do before you have a baby? I think I'm supposed to be nesting, but I'm having trouble remembering what all that entails. I know I need to:

1. Find and wash the newborn clothes.
2. Find and wash and install the car seat.
3. Go to the grocery, and/or buy lunches for the kids for the next month at school, so I don't have to pack them.
4. Wash the blankets and stuff on our bed.
5. Is cleaning the rest of the house negotiable?

 What am I forgetting?

Don't count on too much entertainment out of this, but...

I'm doing quick takes today!

Aaaaahhhh!

Hope you all feel made new by this Christmas Season!

Looking for signs in all the wrong places

This week has been a little stressful. Whole family's been sick, and just when I though I was getting over it, I crashed for a second time. Added to that... there's been enough going on in the world that maintaining hope in the Christ's promises has become sort of a tooth and nail battle. 

She's like your mother. She wants you to call her.

It's a little bit common sense stuff, but sometimes common sense fails me, so I thought I'd write it down while it's all on my mind.

How to build a relationship with The Church.

Book History

My friend Lauren at "The Loveliest Hour" was asking on facebook about her twelve-year-old daughter  attempting to read War and Peace.  I hem-hawed around about it in my mind for a bit, then thought, "Wait a minute, I have a post for that!"

In short, my sister probably could have managed War and Peace at a young age. I probably could not have. In fact, I don't think I ever finished reading War and Peace, but I did start it three times, if that counts for anything.

What should the church do

To help mothers of young children?

I'm joining a conversation that's been taking place at Patheos over the past week or so.