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elizabeth

I am wife to a wonderful husband, mom to two beautiful children; I aspire to spread bits of sunshine.

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prayer is about noticing both beauty and pain and naming these praying attention not just talking about praying but giving our full attention noticing deeply and naming what we notice this changes us from the inside the beautiful outcome of... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at bits of sunshine

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five little {or not so little} things

this bouquet :: flowers from my garden these headphones :: for hearing the depth of the music this polaroid :: they dressed up and posed with me this email :: and the emails every day this week from my mom... Continue reading

Posted Jun 26, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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i'm glad it made you laugh. :) all of this is strange and sometimes wonderful and sometimes hard. i hope that you are still getting to spend time with the ones who are the most important to you! xoxo, e

Commented Jun 26, 2020 on zoom at bits of sunshine

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... zoom ... almost impossible to make eye contact but i can see you see up your nose sometimes and i see glimpses of your space and i can see myself and the space around me as though i were... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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on reading cane river

In 2002, Cane River by Lalita Tademy was on my Grandma Eva's bookshelf. That the book was on her shelf, and that she had apparently read it, were both interesting facts. She is the grandparent who, when I was in... Continue reading

Posted Jun 24, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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i feel like i am swimming upstream. or like i am slogging through thick, deep mud. or that i am on a beach of loose rocks that make every step shifting and difficult. there is so much on my mind... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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this is day 25. that means the 21-day assignment is over and today is the last day of travel. that means that this evening, we will all 4 be home together! before ben left, i asked for a picture of... Continue reading

Posted Jun 16, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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two lists of *way more than* ten

two lists that have been in my notebook for just over a week now: the one on a yellow post-it is all instagram accounts - some i have followed for a long time, some i have found recently - all... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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and peace be with you, t. love, e

Commented Jun 10, 2020 on this post is harsh - harshly full of love at bits of sunshine

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hi leah - you are one of the people who were on my mind as i wrote this. i have a list in my journal of my "why" for pursuing these conversations - you and your husband and children are on my list. i know that you and i haven't always seen eye-to-eye on all of the things over the years, but i want you to know that some of the things you pointed out to me and some of the things we disagreed about have stuck with me and have helped to form the way i think now . . . i continue to learn, i continue to grow in openness and in thought processes . . . and - thank you - for being you, and for being here, in this space.

Commented Jun 10, 2020 on this post is harsh - harshly full of love at bits of sunshine

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this post is harsh - harshly full of love

i fully admit that this graphic is harsh. i know that it to some of you, my readers and friends, it feels like it is too harsh. and since i created it two days ago, when i have thought about... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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lists of ten - a practice

1. i have been writing a list of ten almost every day since april thirteenth. i was inspired by @alisha_sommer on instagram. 2. it is fun/funny how writing the heading sometimes creates the first sentence i write. 3. for example:... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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all the colors and lines

look at this rock! i say to her. we stop and look. and look some more. God showed up, she says. He makes the coolest things, i say. and He showed up for us, here, today. sometimes, God shows up... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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yes! habit is back! just since the end of april. i love the pictures and writing, too. such an inspiration. ben and i did have a wonderful weekend. on friday we watched a movie and slept on the huge corner couch at the bunkhouse - like high school kids. :) on saturday went for a drive and a hike we ended up spending the day at home on sunday with the kids - and that was good, too.

Commented May 11, 2020 on habit style at bits of sunshine

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they have been so beautiful! all the gifts God gives . . . often we just need to look.

Commented May 11, 2020 on habit style at bits of sunshine

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saturday: i sat down to help her with spanish. she pulled up the assignment. i looked up "present progressive participle in spanish" and found an understandable page. her eyes filled with tears. and she said, "mom, i'm usually so good... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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this whole strange twisted time ben has worked full-time a few weeks of working from home, but then back to the station, because virus or no virus, there is going to be fire that needs to be fought. i worked... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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you’ll get to make them with your granddaughter ❤️

Commented Apr 16, 2020 on more on "school" at home - and also, blanket forts. at bits of sunshine

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more on "school" at home - and also, blanket forts.

first of all - i started this post one day last week - and it started as a rant. then i didn't know if i wanted to post a rant. so i set these words aside. but, i'm still feeling... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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covid-19, a poem on good friday

covid-19 wishes swarm and swoop like a murmuration of blackbirds one almost close enough to touch then all swirl together and dance into the sky just out of reach wishes like skipping stones once in hand then out and away... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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these are such strange times. and we learn things about ourselves in strange times . . . or things we knew resurface . . . i'll keep working on focusing on all the bits of sunshine . . . and keep up my social media connections and texting and video conferencing . . . i really miss meeting up with people in real life. i also am mostly glad that i didn't have covid-19 - but you are right, if i had had it, i would be immune now, and that would have been a good thing! sending love and wishes for good health

Commented Apr 2, 2020 on hello! and how are you? at bits of sunshine

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you will have to let me know when you make the pretzels - they were soooo good!

Commented Apr 2, 2020 on chocolate brioche pretzels at bits of sunshine

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Dear Teresa, I am well - and mostly happy - and little off-kilter. The list is a good guide . . . a very loose guide . . . but a good one, I think. Love, E

Commented Apr 2, 2020 on some sort of school at home at bits of sunshine

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hello dear G - thank you for the reminder that some slack is ok - and even good. i need to be more gentle with myself. this is maybe the most strange time ever in my life. love to you, E

Commented Apr 2, 2020 on some sort of school at home at bits of sunshine

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hello! and how are you?

hello friends, how are you holding up? i feel like i am in the twilight zone - like nothing makes a whole lot of sense right now. in a lot of ways, i am grateful for the slowing down. but... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2020 at bits of sunshine

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