Posted in Raising kids, Writing on May 18th, 2010
On Maundy Thursday—the day before we learned we were pregnant with twins—Doug and I went to the evening service at our church. Our pastor began his meditation by mentioning that the word Maundy comes from the Latin mandate. Though you pronounce it like it’s Spanish—mon-DAH-tay—when you see it written you realize right away what it [...]
This was the formiest form letter I’ve ever received. Well, not quite. Once, I got a checklist rejection that looked like it had been photocopied eight years earlier from a mimeographed copy. “Dear (my name scrawled here), Thank you for your submission. We regret to say we can’t use it for the following reasons…” Then [...]
Posted in Raising kids on May 11th, 2010
I have noticed an odd phenomenon: when people find out I’m pregnant with twins, I’m suddenly a much more interesting person. Their faces light up, they want to talk to me longer, they want to know if twins run in our family (they do now), if we planned this (how do you “plan” twins?), whether [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.