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Motherhood

Remember Well

May 10, 2014 by Caryn Leave a Comment

“Remember well.” So reads the inscription in my copy of Everything That Makes You Mom, a lovely little book of vignettes and memory-prompts about mothers. Remember well is good instruction when it comes to our moms, of course. It’s important that we remember the acts of love, the reasons for discipline, the sounds of laughter, the endless […]

Filed Under: book review, Motherhood, Spiritual Formation

Rolling with the Revolution

January 16, 2009 by Caryn Leave a Comment

As you may know, I’ve been a bit more active in blogging at the Mommy Revolution—which Carla Barnhill and I started together. We’ve got some great conversations going on whether or not motherhood is a “calling” and all about our Revolutionary Manifesto and about our visit to Moody’s Midday Connection. Click here to listen to […]

Filed Under: Identity, Mommy Revolution, Motherhood

Is Balance Possible?

November 18, 2008 by Caryn Leave a Comment

 Here’s what we’re talking about at The Mommy Revolution:  Carla: It seems like every article I read about motherhood focuses on this elusive idea of “balance.” I’m all for it, if only someone could step into my life and show me what exactly it might look like. I don’t think my life is any more […]

Filed Under: Dads, Identity, kids, Motherhood

Dad’s Got a Fake ID, too?

September 25, 2008 by Caryn Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s new on the Mommy Revolution site: This is hard for me to write, in a way, because I SO love the movie Mr. Mom. I saw it when I was probably 10 or something with my grandmother, who laughed and laughed the whole time. Since my dear hard-working, hard-knock-life-sort-of-life Swedish grandmother NEVER laughed, […]

Filed Under: Dads, Identity, Motherhood

First Day of School Eve

August 24, 2008 by Caryn Leave a Comment

So tomorrow my oldest son starts first grade. I’m a real mom now. I just packed his lunch, and now I’m about to set my alarm so we can all get up in time to get him to his bus stop, just down the block. I just wrote another check, signed another form, folded them together, […]

Filed Under: Holiday, kids, Motherhood, Random Ramblings

Voices: Lost or Found?

August 13, 2008 by Caryn 4 Comments

So I’ve been thinking about “voice” in the literary sense for a talk I’m giving in October to a bunch of leaders on writing (wow. THAT was clunky!). And it just dawned on me that one of the things that frustrates me as a mom is not only that we tend to lose ourselves amidst the […]

Filed Under: Motherhood, Random Ramblings, Speaking

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