The Documented Life | NYTimes.Com These days, when people are alone, or feel a moment of boredom, they tend to reach for a device. In a movie theater, at a stop sign, at the checkout line at a supermarket and, yes, at a memorial service, reaching for a device becomes so natural that we start to forget that there is a reason, a good reason, to sit still with our thoughts: It does honor to what we are thinking about. It does honor to ourselves. God May Not Have A Wonderful Plan For Your Life | . . .
Ten news stories from this year that will restore your faith in humanity
Unrest in the Middle East, the Boston Marathon bombings, the NSA spying scandal, the government shutdown, Miley Cyrus...there have been plenty of news stories in 2013 that make me want to curl up in a fetal position. People can absolutely be the worst. Which is why I'm a sucker for those yearly roundups of uplifting news you tend to see at this time every year. You know, the ones that are supposed to restore your faith in humanity? Because here at the end of 2013, it turns out I do, in fact, . . .
About a boy
Yesterday I waxed a little nostalgic about Jafta on instagram as we celebrated his birthday. I thought I would share that here for those of you not following me there. It occurred to me that I’ve never really blogged about Jafta’s adoption story, since it happened before I started blogging. Some of it is here, but I will have to dedicate some time to write more about it in the future. It’s a long, emotional story. Jafta joined our family as a foster child at 6 months old, and we finalized his . . .
Mama Said: Birthday Party Madness
On this episode of Mama Said, Sarah and I are talking about how we handle birthday parties with our kids. Which is timely since TODAY IS JAFTA’S and mine is on the 31st. How about you? Do you have any strategies for birthday celebrations? . . .
Jafta turns 9!
Jafta turns 9 today! It's hard to believe my oldest is nine. Why does that seem so big? We are currently visiting my family in Florida, so we had a birthday party for him before we left. He has been begging to have a GameTruck party ever since he learned that it was A Thing, and Skylanders offered to host a GameTruck party with their new Swap Force game. He was over the moon about the idea. When we pulled up to our house the day of the party and saw the truck in the driveway, he screamed in . . .
What I want you to know: Getting pregnant after adopting
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Maralee Bradley. Just a year into my young marriage my husband and I received an infertility diagnosis. In some ways it was devastating, but we also felt confident that we were supposed to . . .
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What I want you to know about surviving cancer
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Jen McManus. I rock the stay-at-home thing. Love my kiddos, 3 who came the natural way and 2 foster babies that were reunited with biological family.. I love to work out, play outside, eat . . .
Questions of eternal significance: Do your kids believe in Santa?
We are a house divided on the Santa front. My boys don’t believe in Santa, but my girls do. Jafta is decidedly OVER Santa. This picture may give you an idea of his feelings on the matter: And also this one: Jafta is not impressed. It’s funny that any of my kids believe in Santa, because I’ve never told any of them about him. I don’t have strong feelings against the Santa thing, but I also don’t love the idea of weaving a hugely elaborate lie. I’m conflicted, I’ll admit. . . .
What I want you to know: I’m a normal mom struggling with an addiction to pain pills
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by anonymous reader. What I want you to know is that I have been addicted to narcotic pain medication for over four years. I work full-time as an investment professional, I am married, a Christian, . . .
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