I loved this part: "The other thing I’ve learned in the 21 years that I’ve been self-identifying as a good mother is that you always think that the control and order you long for are just over the horizon. When the children are all out of toddlerhood, then my house will be clean and our schedule will make sense ..."
Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our children -- that our lives would remain unmanageable.
Laughing and grieving. Our twenty-one year old granddaughter, a wonderous mother brings us great cheer, helps create memories that include us, allows us to watch and love the little miracle of her son as he unfolds before our very eyes. Happy birthday to you, Anne, as you celebrate the birth of your first born.
Was unable to respond to yesterday’s post owing to a phishing warning, but perhaps (if I left out the Annie Dillard consideration) this comment might work as well here. No need to respond to the email sent you especially if this goes through all right.
Sometimes your posts remind me of what Karen Swallow Prior calls CNF -- evidently now used for creative nonfiction. I'm looking forward to her forthcoming (don't have the name off the top of my head) on imagination.
(Not leaving it out from my response now anyway): As I was reading here, I thought a little bit about Annie Dillard's work, some of which I'm a bit enthralled with. But I'm disagreeing with current conceptions of sifting fiction (bits of things that did not happen) into the genre. Why not just call it fiction and leave it at that? But that's me, relevant didacticism. Just a bit crushed to learn that the bloody cat episode in, I think it was Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, did not happen.
I like that you adhere to the nonfiction take: creativity in the Manner of telling -- creativity including making connections, metaphoric and otherwise.
Very interested, learning about the Anglican Church on the postmodern realities podcast. Thank you.
“Standing there, caught between exhaustion and grief, I was mysteriously cheered, because little babies growing up into strong, interesting, curious people is a gracious and happy occasion. “
Happy Birthday to your oldest!
And I’m grateful because my daughter born 31 years ago today is a strong, interesting and curious person that I’m grateful is my daughter, friend, and sister in Christ.
Very nice. Tomorrow is our oldest child’s 41st birthday, and my wife and I were having a similar conversation. “The significance of the passage of time . . . .” Kamala really nailed it there, for sure.
Happy Birthday to her!
I loved this part: "The other thing I’ve learned in the 21 years that I’ve been self-identifying as a good mother is that you always think that the control and order you long for are just over the horizon. When the children are all out of toddlerhood, then my house will be clean and our schedule will make sense ..."
Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our children -- that our lives would remain unmanageable.
Laughing and grieving. Our twenty-one year old granddaughter, a wonderous mother brings us great cheer, helps create memories that include us, allows us to watch and love the little miracle of her son as he unfolds before our very eyes. Happy birthday to you, Anne, as you celebrate the birth of your first born.
Was unable to respond to yesterday’s post owing to a phishing warning, but perhaps (if I left out the Annie Dillard consideration) this comment might work as well here. No need to respond to the email sent you especially if this goes through all right.
Sometimes your posts remind me of what Karen Swallow Prior calls CNF -- evidently now used for creative nonfiction. I'm looking forward to her forthcoming (don't have the name off the top of my head) on imagination.
(Not leaving it out from my response now anyway): As I was reading here, I thought a little bit about Annie Dillard's work, some of which I'm a bit enthralled with. But I'm disagreeing with current conceptions of sifting fiction (bits of things that did not happen) into the genre. Why not just call it fiction and leave it at that? But that's me, relevant didacticism. Just a bit crushed to learn that the bloody cat episode in, I think it was Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, did not happen.
I like that you adhere to the nonfiction take: creativity in the Manner of telling -- creativity including making connections, metaphoric and otherwise.
Very interested, learning about the Anglican Church on the postmodern realities podcast. Thank you.
The KSP book mentioned: The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
“Standing there, caught between exhaustion and grief, I was mysteriously cheered, because little babies growing up into strong, interesting, curious people is a gracious and happy occasion. “
Happy Birthday to your oldest!
And I’m grateful because my daughter born 31 years ago today is a strong, interesting and curious person that I’m grateful is my daughter, friend, and sister in Christ.
Very nice. Tomorrow is our oldest child’s 41st birthday, and my wife and I were having a similar conversation. “The significance of the passage of time . . . .” Kamala really nailed it there, for sure.
May your eldest have a happy 21st!