by Emily Wierenga | Dec 2, 2013 | boys, character, church, faith, fatherhood, integrity, Jesus, manhood, masculinity, men, MOB Society, motherhood, mothers of boys, Ron Swanson, Titanic
Dear Sons,Your father and I watched all six seasons of Parks and Rec over the past three months, and while Leslie Knope makes the show, Ron Swanson is its backbone.And boys? I like Ron. I like him, the same way I like your father because they’re not afraid to be... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 7, 2012 | boys, busy, imperfect prose on thursdays, motherhood, organization, parenting, scheduling, she loves magazine, sons, stay-at-home, working mom, writing
Sometimes it’s hard, knowing how to balance ourselves with our kids and our husband and the washing machine going 24-7. Sometimes it’s about finding ourselves in the piles of laundry, in the peanut-butter kisses and the sticky hands trying to close your laptop when... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 24, 2012 | autumn, boys, children, eating, eating disorders, fire, food, girls, health, identity, love, meal, perfect, stereotypes
we are sitting around the fire, pronging hot-dogs and smokies and children licking mustard from fingers and the smoke curling like an exotic dancer. we hear the coyotes strike up a chorus across the road in a forest blazing with autumn color and we all pause a moment... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 20, 2012 | a deeper story, boys, differences, gender, girls, laugh your way to a better marriage, marriage, men, sex, similarities, women
well, besides the obvious, they are innumerable. for example, did you know men have “nothing boxes”? mental boxes, in which they sit and do, well, nothing? trent and i learned this while watching laugh your way to a better marriage, and women cannot have... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 7, 2012 | boys, costa concordia, faith, God, good, integrity, men, parenting
we’re driving home from playing cards with friends. the night looks as though someone has dumped tar on the world. fields of black.and i think about the 30 people who are missing. the ones the captain abandoned, the man who ran the costa concordia into a rock... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 22, 2012 | boys, cross, deer, foster care, mother
these days we’re weak all around. we hug each other more than usual and cry a lot, and look at our children as though they have just discovered gold. they’re so beautiful, and we don’t want this to end. these days of sanctuary.soon there will be...