Posts Tagged ‘family’
Hold the Chocolates while I Say Adios to Mr. and Mrs. Nag
February 8th, 2012 by Jonalyn
I think some people get nagging, I mean they get why it’s so tempting. I do. Nagging “the interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly ignored and both become increasingly annoyed” defined last Wednesday by Elizabeth Bernstein, in the Wall Street Journal’s Meet The Marriage Killer: It’s More Common Than [...]
Tags: family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage
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Practical Rest: When Busy Women Welcome Sabbath
February 1st, 2012 by Jonalyn
You know I care about resting, that I try to practice Sabbath rest. But I don’t practice faithfully or consistently. In other words, I’m always looking for better ways to practice rest. One reader of RubySlippers, a woman I met at a speaking engagement in New Hampshire recently explains how she rests. As a mother [...]
Tags: family, food, motherhood, spiritual growth
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New Year Wantings & Co-Parenting Safely Through Rapids
January 11th, 2012 by Jonalyn
Dale doesn’t think new year resolutions are all they’re cracked up to be. I tend to disagree, mainly because I’m a lover of opportunities to change in grandiose ways, ways I can write about and check up on. Dale is a changer in bits and pieces, he’s also big on changing when the need arises. [...]
Tags: envy, family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, motherhood, spiritual growth
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Mercy for Christmas
December 14th, 2011 by Jonalyn
As a young girl I played “Mercy” with other friends. The wrist-bending game where the loser had to shout, “Mercy.” The word that meant punishment would end, the word that was embarrassing to yell. Dale and I watched an episode of Midsomer Murders last weekend. The kind vicar with the bitchy wife was the murderer. Several [...]
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Bump and Stumble – Meditation on Being Good Enough
December 7th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Dale left for an unexpectedly long trip on Friday. With husband stuck in an Eastern Colorado snowstorm and the interstate officially closed I found myself getting beyond weary with my little one. I could only salute single mothers from my Facebook status, eat chocolate cake and go to bed. No blogging, no emailing. I was [...]
Tags: family, food, motherhood, spiritual growth, vulnerability
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To Cut or Not to Cut: Breast Reduction Surgery the Healthy Way
November 30th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I caught up with a co-founder of a non-profit in town to talk about her recent plastic surgery. Tara Chavarria and her husband run Christ for Life Sk8 Church a safe place for troubled teens to find community, hope and Jesus. Besides being a wife, mother and director of operations to Sk8 Church, on September 13 [...]
Tags: beauty, body, family, marriage, pain, sex
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Making the Bed in the Dark
November 9th, 2011 by Jonalyn
I’m reading Meet the Austins by Madeleine L’Engle, some post-therapy work since I graduated from therapy last week. My therapist recommended I read this young adult novel to get acquainted with a very full, very honest, very healthy family. They are delightful, perfectly zippy, and heart-warming. So far the parents disagree in front of the [...]
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