Some Good Stuff… Seven links, and that’s it.
But first, some truth:
No one is too busy to tell you how busy they are.
A beautifully written essay about being a mother and anything else at the same time (Coffee and Crumbs)
"There’s Instagram Motherhood (where you always look like a good mother) and then there’s Real Motherhood."
When a song becomes a prayer (Will it Ever)
I devoured this series in one day… dark and heart-centered.
When I brag to my husband about how thorough my grocery list is and spend three hours at the store, only to come home, and he asks, “Did you get milk?” … “Mother f*cker!”
A prayer for less internet (The Corners)
“Guide me to what is most real, because you know, O Lord, how unsuited my heart is for the artificial.” Nadia Bolz-Webber
Sometimes you need a little whimsy.
Kids are so much cooler these days.
In case you missed it
Don’t worry, you didn’t. Maycember is slowly killing me and I am counting the days until summer
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