by Emily Wierenga | May 3, 2013 | children, Christ, cooking, dreams, family, marriage, meals, motherhood, servanthood, suppertime
You know the scenario.It’s five o’clock. Your husband is supposed to be home but he isn’t and you need a glass of wine but it isn’t evening yet so you let the kids pull all of the pots and pans out of the drawers and go “shopping”... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 16, 2013 | anger, brain cancer, British, family, forgiveness, grandmother, heaven, mum, nanny, prodigal magazine, suicide
Sometimes it’s easier to feel angry.It’s easier to feel angry than it is to admit how much you miss her.It’s easier to feel angry than it is to stare at that urn with its Chinese markings and to know that your British grandmother died from a razor... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 4, 2013 | church, family, friendship, God, identity, illness, laundry, loneliness, motherhood, sickness, solitude, trinity, womanhood
Kasher’s been so sick this weekend it’s infected all of us, our spirits mostly, and it’s hard to stay up when your children are so down. you try and read the same Curious George book over and over, with as much enthusiasm as you can muster but the... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 1, 2013 | adoption, baby, birth, children, conception, daughter, daughters, destiny, family, fertility, God, pregnancy, sons
i could see he was surprised. my husband. i’d sat him down and said, “i was thinking of announcing this on the blog so i thought i should ask you first…”and i could see the questions in his eyes, and then i told him, “i think we should... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 23, 2013 | abba, broken, brother, family, father, holy spirit, imperfect prose on thursdays, Jesus, maternal, mother, motherhood, theology, trinitarian, trinity
welcome to imperfect prose on thursdays. this week’s prompt is “mother.” if you have a post that is even remotely similar to the prompt, please feel free to link up!i wish you could have been here, in our living room, last night, to see the way She... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 2, 2013 | beliefs, blogger resolutions, blogging, faith, family, God, imperfect prose on thursdays, motherhood, writer, writing
as a blogger, who is also a believer, a mother, a wife and an artist, i vow, in the year 2013, to:1. never let the Nativity stop being born in my words, but more importantly, in my life, and if it does the latter, then i will refrain from the former until my personal...