Category: zoom
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December 8: Losing Weight, Regaining Myself
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Day 8: Re-finding myself as I look at the reasons I’d gained weightAbout three months ago to the day, my family celebrated little Zoom’s first birthday. It was a lovely event. Family and friends came over for an elephant themed party. I owe you guys some photos of that party.…
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December 4: Being a Mother
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Day 4: Thoughts on being present, living in the moment, and on being a motherToday I spent most of my day with little Zoom. Sean had to work, so Zoom and I were on our own. I like the days that we have together, as I am a mom who…
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December 1: Giving Tree and Fistula Foundation
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This year, for Advent, I’m going to do my own version of an Advent calendar. Each day, I’ll be posting something where I’ve challenged myself to DO SOMETHING to show my gratitude for my life. I want to move from the grace and beauty of Thanksgiving, and keep that going…
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Thanksgiving Thoughts
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I love Thanksgiving. This year we hosted, having nine people over for dinner. Three of the attendees were one year old. And I like to think they had a great time. This face on little Zoom says it all for me. “I’m thankful for this moment, this amazing food, all…
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Zoom Friday: Dreaming of a Play Fort
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Now that baby Zoom is a year old, I find myself dreaming of making a fort. The kind of place you can put 1 million pillows, an army of stuffed animal friends, where books and magic wands and secret things can hide. The kind of little corner where a baby…
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Blessings by Laura Story and “God’s Love”
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Our next retreat is this Saturday and our focus is “God’s Love: Learning to See with New Eyes.” The idea came to me when I saw how Zoom reacted to my Mom giving him an old toy that I had played with as a child. He lit up. The toy…
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Friday Fun Links: Jewelry, Sweet Nursery, Chickens, a Desk and Zoom
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I’ve found a few gorgeous things and new-to-me blogs around the internet in the last week. I figured it would be fun to share them with you all. Mimi & Lu: Gorgeous jewlery for a good cause. Jewlery maker Michelle Watson named her company using a mashup of her name,…
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Contemplating Lots of Quotes and Anne Lamott
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I’m working on material for the next retreat, “Finding God and Oneself in the Digital Age,” along with working on a small piece for the YDS journal, Reflections. Tonight I banged out possibly the worst first draft ever. In these moments, I have to think of Anne Lamott’s words from…
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Zoom Friday Has a New Home
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Hi friends – I’ve made the leap to move Zoom’s stories over to his own blog. If you’d like to join in on his ongoing adventures, please let me know by emailing me at welcomingspirit at gmail dot com. The new blog is private, so I’ll need to send you…