Posted in Writing on Sep 28th, 2010
Our house is a little small. We have two babies, two kids, two adults, and two cats sharing an 800-square-foot house. Two bedrooms, one bathroom. I would dearly like to be able to move someplace a tad larger. Unfortunately, we bought that sofa-mobile, which we have to pay for and which means it will be [...]
Posted in Raising kids, Writing on Sep 24th, 2010
Rachelle Gardner, my favorite agent blogger, somehow discovered my blog. She’s been secretly reading it since April and thinks it’s funny, witty, well-written, and all around brilliant. Even the posts I write in a sleep-deprived stupor she finds delightful. She emails me and asks if I’ve thought about writing a book. I email back and [...]
Posted in Raising kids on Sep 21st, 2010
Oh. Dear. God. The babies have been crying all morning. After an hour, I finally got Ben to sleep, and Luke woke him up with his incessant wailing. He’s not hungry, he’s not wet or dirty, he doesn’t even want to be held. He’s tired. Or insane. And he’s driving me insane. I walked into [...]
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.