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In This House…

We sing to each other and we tell bedtime stories, // We share highs and lows and prayers at dinner, // We practice kindness and yoga and serving our neighbors,

Posted byErin StrybisJanuary 25, 2023January 25, 2023Posted infamily, motherhood, writingTags:family, hope, motherhood, parenting, valuesLeave a comment on In This House…

Grace for the new year

The past few years, I haven’t wanted to celebrate New Year’s. The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic and a country struggling with political discord, racism and gun violence tempered my mood and dashed my social plans. Hope was hard to hold onto. How could anyone plan or dream when the day-to-day was so precarious?

Posted byErin StrybisJanuary 17, 2023January 25, 2023Posted inlife lessonsTags:COVID-19, hope, new yearsLeave a comment on Grace for the new year

Year in review

On my 37th birthday, what I wanted most of all was time to write. I put the baby down for his first nap, pacified my older boy with his tablet and retrieved my pale green journal. Before sitting down, I lit a candle, which is my writing ritual. I like imagining the flame as myContinue reading “Year in review”

Posted byErin StrybisDecember 29, 2022December 30, 2022Posted inlife lessonsTags:belief, birthday, motherhood2 Comments on Year in review

Gratitude list, November 2022

for naptime, blessed naptime, a moment of peace amidst rhe chaos of Legos & crayons & rounds of Uno…

Posted byErin StrybisNovember 24, 2022November 28, 2022Posted inmotherhoodTags:grace, gratitude, life, motherhoodLeave a comment on Gratitude list, November 2022

First blush

All summer she basked // in the sun. // Now the days are dwindling . . .

Posted byErin StrybisOctober 3, 2022October 3, 2022Posted inlife lessonsTags:poetry2 Comments on First blush

Our world

I would like to create a home
in which there are rarely any messes
but that seems impossible
given the fact that children live here…

Posted byErin StrybisJuly 22, 2022July 21, 2022Posted infamily, life lessons, motherhoodTags:childhood7 Comments on Our world

On growth

Growth in this season doesn’t look like I thought it would. Sometimes growth is a giant leap, a trust fall into the unknown. Other times, it’s incremental, a series of small steps taken again and again. Growth is showing up to the path, putting one foot in front of the other, falling into bed atContinue reading “On growth”

Posted byErin StrybisJuly 12, 2022Posted inlife lessonsTags:growth, motherhood, writingLeave a comment on On growth

To ride on his own

And on this splendid summer day, a boy learned to ride his bike. He zoomed down the alley while…

Posted byErin StrybisJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022Posted infamily, parentingTags:love, motherhood2 Comments on To ride on his own

Howl

I stare out at the graveyard we pass daily on our commute home from preschool and try to make sense of this moment. Miles away in Uvalde, Texas, there are moms and dads who won’t pick up their children from school tonight.

Posted byErin StrybisMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022Posted inmotherhoodTags:faith, fear2 Comments on Howl

Time to fly

Last Wednesday, I bid farewell to a job I loved. It was my dream job, the job that combined my passion for words with my deepest held beliefs, a job that rattled and refined that faith, a job where I encountered the Divine in the voices of others. It was more than a job, itContinue reading “Time to fly”

Posted byErin StrybisMay 11, 2022Posted infamily, motherhood, writingTags:faith, parenting, values, vocation, working motherhood2 Comments on Time to fly

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I'm Erin, a writer, mama, believer & bookworm. On this blog, I share stories about motherhood, marriage, faith & life. My prayer for this space is that you encounter words of grace and nourishment. Thanks for visiting! 💗

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