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Imperfect Prose Link-Up: The last shall be first (and other lessons my preschooler has taught me)

by Emily Wierenga | Jul 3, 2013 | #imperfectprose, chocolate, faith, Jesus, lessons, motherhood, patience, preschooler, wine

she has contributed out of her lackand her want,putting in all that she had on which to live.(Luke 21: 4)I’m on my second glass of red for the night, and I’m eating chocolate. The kids are all medicated and in bed and Trent is fixed up with a honey and...

on what it means to love (and feature posts from this week’s link-up)

by Emily Wierenga | Apr 27, 2012 | bible, children, chocolate, Christ, feature posts, God, imperfect prose on thursdays, Jesus, love

sometimes it tastes like a hot cup of coffee while the boys watch backyardigans in ninja turtle pajamas. for my husband, love tastes like lime chips and homemade salsa, and for kasher, it tastes like breast-milk. but he is being weaned and so love will soon taste...

when a little boy finds Jesus in your kitchen

by Emily Wierenga | Mar 6, 2012 | children, chocolate, dancing, dying, fostering, heaven, hope, Jesus, parenting

tonight we found Jin in the bathtub after we’d put his pajamas and diaper on. trent and i just kind of looked at each other and then looked at the bathtub and then walked away.then we did rock-paper-scissors to see who had to change him, again.but there was this...

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