by Anna | Jan 1, 2013 | lifeblog
I have this picture in my head of the girl I want to be. Words that describe her are cozy, confident, spunky, charming, honest, soft, comforting, sweet, perceptive, kind, fierce, smart. The kind of girl that places her hand on your forearm and says she’s...
by Anna | Dec 29, 2012 | lifeblog
From our family to yours, we hope you’ve had atruly Merry Christmas! We love you. Thank you for being a part of our life. We’re grateful and humbled by your reading of my words. Blessings upon blessings to you, friends. A very merry indeed! – Anna,...
by Anna | Dec 28, 2012 | lifeblog
Christmas came and whizzed by in all it’s sweetness. {I just accidentally typed ‘sweetmess’, which totally works.} People told me a zillion things about being a mom, but no one told me how wonderful it is to be a mama at Christmastime. We had...
by Anna | Dec 17, 2012 | lifeblog
because i have no words of my own, i’ll stay in the lowercase of my heart and share the words of others.———- Ann Voskamp: The Truth about Sandy Hook: Where is God When Bad Things Happen? If you read one of these links, make it this one. {on...
by Anna | Dec 9, 2012 | lifeblog
The first of many snowy days to come, I hope.-anna{girl with blog} I’d love to make this list of top baby blogs. Just click here or the above icon, then click the owl on the left! anna {girl with blog} ———- www.twitter.com/anna_r...
by Anna | Dec 7, 2012 | lifeblog
The Christmas season is {finally} here. I sincerely love Christmas, and the Advent that precedes it. To take a season – a month or more – and focus on being still, waiting, watching, being hopeful, anticipating the coming Christ child… it’s a...
by Anna | Dec 5, 2012 | lifeblog
It’s not like me to not post here in two weeks. That breaks my own social media ‘rules’, the ones I teach churches to use. I tell them to post at least once a week so it doesn’t get ‘cobwebby’ in their space. Can you see the spiderwebs building up in the corners here?...
by Anna | Nov 21, 2012 | lifeblog
Last month we went on a 5-day trip with The Boy that included two plane rides, a shuttle and a hotel. Each way. You know that my darling Boy never sits still has energy to spare, is quite vocal, and doesn’t love to sleep. Not a great combination for plane rides....
by Anna | Nov 15, 2012 | lifeblog
Let’s talk. After Sam was born, I had a hard time. The ridiculous math of extreme sleep deprivation + unhealed body = a new mama coming apart at the seams. I was trying to figure out how to be a mom, wrapping my brain around this new precious gorgeous baby that...
by Anna | Nov 12, 2012 | lifeblog, recipes
When I was pregnant with The Boy, there weren’t many things I didn’t want to eat. The only thing that made me sick (food-wise) was coffee. I know!! It was such a bummer, because I loooooove my java. But straight coffee – the taste and scent –...
by Anna | Nov 7, 2012 | lifeblog
Oh, this season. This wonderful season in all of its cozy glory has returned, the autumn colors given way to the early darkening of the evening. Bare branches brush the dim sky, and there’s more than a chill in the air. Halloween decorations meet Christmas decor...
by Anna | Nov 5, 2012 | lifeblog
Tonight, while I was right next to him, my Boy fell against the toilet (out of the mouths of moms, right?!) He was crying, and I kept telling him that he was fine, but later I saw that his eyelid was red and puffy =( He must’ve bumped it when he fell, but I...