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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Unreasonable
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Friday, February 27, 2015. Mia's hair is caught up in a ragged ponytail on her crown. Two tendrils dangle on either cheek like flyaway anchors dropped over the side of a dark boat. She dances out of view around the corner of the kitchen door then trips back in. "Oh, mom, I forgot to tell you.". That book you loaned to Lanee? The Tail of Emily Windsnap. Oh, I'm so glad! While its eager spine was never cracked in the first place. Mia pivots in the bounds of a square tile and nods. She skips to another ...
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Family
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Saturday, December 6, 2014. These jellyfish float around on their white, twinkling caps, all directions at once, like snowflakes who don't pay any attention to gravity or wind. They open their hearts to the water, wrap themselves around it, and. The smallest one, there in the back, has an underbelly of light and lacy tentacles tangling and straightening, pulsing with its own rhythm. It has no notion of. One's rhythm. It doesn't need to know. We all make ourselves heard, eventually. Im in love with the im...
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: One Grain of Sand
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Friday, September 6, 2013. One Grain of Sand. With Mia and Lauren at school all day, Landon is soaking up some extra-special one-on-one with moi. This basically means that he's crawling up my legs while I pretend to be a good housekeeper. It also means that I leave the laundry to multiply more often than not. Because I don't know how I'm supposed to see. And not feel an urgent, pressing need to be a part of that moment. And invite my camera along as a distinguished guest. My baby, slathering kisses on.
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: And Then I Cried
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013. And Then I Cried. Lauren was the baby who held on tight. To allow my hugs and my hand-holding and my sap. She loves in a hundred different, beautiful ways, and holding tight to mama is not one of them. I don't think it's always about security. I think it's also about belonging and comfort. It's where she lands when she reaches out for balance. It's where she summons the bravery to move ahead. It's home, I guess. She simply let go. Posted by This Heavenly Life. This is just like ...
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Apropos of Nothing
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Thursday, November 20, 2014. Because by then, in our mid-seventies, we'll be appreciative of things like intricacy. We'll have plenty of time to do so. Our children, they'll be busy with families and jobs and all the rest, and we'll see them as much as travel and schedules permit, but it won't be perfect. We'll miss them. Skyping with grandkids doesn't permit the fragrance of a scalp or the weight of a little body. Texting with kids doesn't transmit the strength of a hug. Things burn while three-year-old...
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: This is Your Brain on Kindergarten
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013. This is Your Brain on Kindergarten. I don't exactly have the correct metaphor for right now. Something about having been taxiing down a runway for all these years, and suddenly feeling my heart in my throat with that first lurch against gravity as we go wheels-up. But that implies a speeding rush. Landscape blurring past. A little bit of nausea. All true, and yet.not a. The slow days and long nights and halting innocence all thins out towards the top, leaving, what? August 14,...
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Blog Love
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Clearest Glimpse of God. House Unseen. Life Unscripted. Peanut Butter In My Hair. For Creativity and Inspiration:. Page is currently under construction. Please come back soon for more favorites! HmmAnd how did that make you FEEL? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Sarah and this is my life! I share it with my wonderful husband, Justin, and our children, Mia (7), Lauren (5), and Landon (1). It's our little piece of heaven, messier and louder, I'm sure. View my complete profile. A photo a day in 2011.
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Recipes
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Sunday, January 1, 2012. Chicken and Black Bean Salsa. Berry Berry Deep Dish Pie. Brown Sugar Blondies with Chocolate Chips. Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Muffins. Fresh Lemon Crinkle Cookies. Peanut Butter Crunch Balls. Peanut Oat Breakfast Cookies. Posted by This Heavenly Life. HmmAnd how did that make you FEEL? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm Sarah and this is my life! View my complete profile. A photo a day in 2011. Email me at thisheavenlylife [at] yahoo [dot] com. Madeline Bea: Life Set to Words.
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This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: One Day in December
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Thursday, December 18, 2014. One Day in December. I dressed in darkness yesterday morning, with the bedroom door closed against the chill of an ill-insulated front-of-house. Our broad, Northern wall collects the Arctic wind and welcomes it with love, funneling it into our living area like a Personal Pan Polar Vortex. This year's hips were forced into last year's skinny jeans. (And they were. As it turns out, I did.). But the day got sketchier from there. Because they sat for too long in their own mildewy...
