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You Can Have It All | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. You Can Have It All August 18, 2008. 8212; emlott @ 6:52 pm. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. Here’s one I started on July 14…now it’s August 18. The thoughts are still stirring, though, and I hope some of you will return to The Great Mother blog. My hiatus does connect with the thoughts below on productivity and the myth of having it all. What do I want to create? What dreams am I holding that I need to release? I Have To Say.
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November | 2009 | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. November 9, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 5:25 pm. I’ve been at it for a while but have not completely set up the new site. The writing is come-and-go, and one section remains blank with “coming soon” holding lines. I always hate when blogs and web sites get started but never fill in. I promise I won’t be one of those! If you haven’t found your way there already, please do explore AStillLife.com. 8220;Still, still, still,” as that favorite Chris...
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Thinking, Links | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. Thinking, Links June 9, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 1:32 pm. I came across this piece. On babble.com today about over-parenting. Interesting article that gets at the anxiety of my generation’s parenting woes. Let’s end with something fun. Zack Morris made a guest appearance on the new Late Show last night. If, like me, you go to bed before late night shows begin, enjoy this link. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. I Have To Say.
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May | 2009 | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. A Post To Come. May 24, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 9:47 pm. Just read this AP piece. About princess/super hero-mania. I have lots to say about this but want to think on things for a couple of days before writing. If you’re following along here at The Great Mother, then please read up and maybe watch the video I suggested last week. To join me as I think aloud about consumption, early childhood, and lessons I’m learning. May 21, 2009. May 20, 2009.
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Coming Soon | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. Coming Soon August 10, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 2:20 pm. If you’re still checking in, know that my writing has not ended. I have enjoyed a full summer with my family, enjoyed preaching and writing, and dreamt of ministering ways partnered with mothering ways. How can those parts of me live well together? As more details are unveiled, I will welcome ideas as I seek to become a resource for so many dear friends (and friends-to-be! I Have To Say.
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Pausing Before Moving On | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. Pausing Before Moving On July 12, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 7:47 pm. 8220;The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for and the most you can do is live inside that hope.”. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:. Email (Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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A Still Life | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. A Still Life November 9, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 5:25 pm. I’ve been at it for a while but have not completely set up the new site. The writing is come-and-go, and one section remains blank with “coming soon” holding lines. I always hate when blogs and web sites get started but never fill in. I promise I won’t be one of those! If you haven’t found your way there already, please do explore AStillLife.com. 8220;Still, still, still,” as that f...
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April | 2009 | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. April 27, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 3:31 pm. Those labels so as to quickly identify what I’m. Those same old, unfortunate tendencies to identify one another by vocation or action rather than presence and character). I am present enough to myself and the moment, I hope, to realize that a couple of things might be at play here. First, it is so easy to romanticize a place far away from this one (. April 17, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 3:25 pm. April 16, 2009.
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January | 2009 | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. Obama’s Letter to His Daughters. January 15, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 4:34 pm. A lovely message of a father’s hopes and dreams for his two girls. (from Parade.com). Dear Malia and Sasha,. She helped me understand that America is great not because it is perfect but because it can always be made better-and that the unfinished work of perfecting our union falls to each of us. It’s a charge we pass on to our children, coming closer with eac...These a...
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March | 2009 | The Great Mother
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Reflecting on life: stories, wisdom, inspiration, aggravation. March 30, 2009. 8212; emlott @ 4:12 pm. From Charleston who are friends of friends. As I read this mother’s amazing praise and joy in the midst of her son’s brand new fight against cancer, I am humbled. Maybe I do paint a sometimes honest picture of motherhood that might free some sisters from feeling the pressures of being June Cleaver, but I also think it’s easy (for me) to turn the corner into flat out whining. 6 A sleeping baby on my ches...
