When I was pregnant with Mercy, I struggled with how to proceed in planning her delivery. We live in a community in which home-birth is a big deal. However, I knew that given some conditions that I struggle with, that …

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } I've been thinking a lot lately about Christian motherhood and priorities. I want so desperately to be a good mother to our children--to train them up in the way they should go an…

Well, Mercy did it again. Split her chin, that is. Thankfully this time was much more minor and didn't require stitches. I don't know how she does it. She was happily sitting on her knees in the dining room jabbering…

The past week has been very, very busy. On Monday a friend from Portland came by for a visit since she was in the area with a friend of hers. I feel so starved for fellowship that I seem to jabber incessantly when give…

Today is, thus far, going a bit better than yesterday did. By this time yesterday we were on the 5th pair of training pants. Today we're only on the 3rd. Still not as good as a couple of weeks ago, but good enough tha…