by Anna | Oct 18, 2012 | lifeblog
Sometimes I think I have myself convinced that the absence of tears is strength. That answering ‘fine’ is a good thing. That if I don’t love fully, deeply, there will be less of myself to hurt. What a crock.———-The other day I wrote...
by Anna | Oct 9, 2012 | lifeblog
I haven’t been a working mom for very long – just shy of 7 months now. I am the social networking and webinar manager for a non-profit ministry resource company, and work 20ish hours/week mostly from home. There are a lot of things going on there: social...
by Anna | Oct 4, 2012 | lifeblog
of October!!———-One of the reasons I love blogging is that I love to read blogs. I’m a big ol’ snoop. If I use your bathroom, chances are I may have peeked in your medicine cabinet. I KNOW!! It’s a character flaw. I just love...
by Anna | Oct 2, 2012 | lifeblog
An event, planned by a stranger whose heart I know, prompted a text from a new friend. We’d host together. She invited her friends. One of them thought she may know me – an email sent confirmed it. I had been her counselor at camp a hundred years ago. That...
by Anna | Oct 1, 2012 | lifeblog
It’s here. Even to the cynics who resist all things pumpkin until it’s under 60* / after school starts / September is over – it’s here for them too. And for us diehard lovers, the ones who listen to October Road year round, whose hearts...
by Anna | Sep 10, 2012 | lifeblog
My Boy is nearing his 9 month birthday, and I’ve started planning his first birthday celebration! Though it’s three months away yet, I’m convinced that you can’t start too early, especially for something around the holidays. You can plan along...
by Anna | Sep 7, 2012 | lifeblog
I’ve realized that though balancing work and a house and a super ridiculously active baby who doesn’t sleep is the hardest and most exhausting thing I’ve ever tried to do, I am also the happiest I’ve ever been. I feel all glowy and lovely and...
by Anna | Aug 29, 2012 | lifeblog
Baking is therapy. Husby knows that a long day = pecan pie, a day rough around the edges = chocolate chip cookies, and if it requires a trip to the fancy carpeted grocery for specialty ingredients, just stay away until I’ve had a bite. Baking is kind of...
by Anna | Aug 12, 2012 | lifeblog
We linger over weekends, soaking in every drop of one another. Suppertime lasts longer when it’s eaten slowly on the back porch, baby bellied up to the table, mama and daddy smiling over glasses of lemonade. Through the park we stroll, letting the dog off her...
by Anna | Jul 29, 2012 | lifeblog
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them;they outnumber the grains of sand! psalm 139:17-18 May you feel thought of with joy today. anna {girl with blog} anna {girl with blog} ———-...
by Anna | Jul 27, 2012 | lifeblog
Oh friends. I haven’t been able to stop treading water. I feel like the day has to come when I will maybe kinda sorta have things together, but with such little sleep and such a moving baby… I remain exhausted and just hanging on. BUT, my little baby is a...
by Anna | Jul 21, 2012 | lifeblog
Did I tell you that The Boy stands up now? Pulls himself up on whatever’s handy and stands, so proud of himself. He used to bounce in that bouncy seat. That bouncy seat was how mama got a shower. Now he uses it to stand up on his own teeny tiny adorable two...