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I have an absurd patch of insidious grass I have to dig up by hand, girls. Hit me with your prayer requests!

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Gardening makes for most excellent theological ponderings.

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Precisely! (Also of course my dear)

Girls, I have begun to plant the garden.

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you are 23  and your hands hold steady the block of wood you are shaping and the sweet aromatic smell of sawdust is curling around you  maybe your mother’s voice floats through an open door to tell you a meal is ready maybe you still have something to learn about carpentry as you work alongside Joseph 30 years is a long time to spend waiting quietly faithful, caring for your mother and your father, for your sisters and your brothers working with your hands ‘til the hands of God are calloused going to the synagogue to hear your words read week upon week you are 23 you are patient  building a whole life of not my will but yours, Father

maybe you pick up a nail from the workbench look at it and know 10 years from now rough hands will hold you down and drive a spike through your wrist  spilling blood onto rough wood  maybe you are already making that sacrifice now quietly faithful maybe you can teach me how to be 23 waiting, quietly faithful caring for my mother and my father, my sisters and my brothers working with the hands God gave me hearing your words week upon week

build in me a whole life of not my will but yours, Jesus

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(Besides photo spam and potato symbolism)

Girls, I have begun to plant the garden.

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You know what that means.

Girls, I have begun to plant the garden.

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Girls, I have begun to plant the garden.

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Update: I tried it

They don’t want you to know this but you can just put seeds in dirt and AND—!!!

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The face you get when you’re trying to take an aesthetically-lit filtered portrait photo of your homemade hamburger bun instead of fixing said bun up with a burger for the hungry children

#she stepped right into the photo at the perfect moment and now I’m laughing 😂

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One thing that’s really cool about being made in the image of God is that it’s possible to cut potatoes into sort of medallion things and then toss ‘em in butter and oil and Italian seasoning and garlic and salt and pepper and then put down a rather absurdly generous sanding of Parmesan all across the parchment paper and then slap those oily seasoned potatoes right over the Parmesan and roast ‘em at 400 degrees until their undersides look about like so

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My oldest has duly warned all potential intruders.

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Abortion laws passed in 1864 are archaic and outdated and should have absolutely no bearing on current policy!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the chattel slavers have perked up their ears in a hopeful sort of way…

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Not sure if you’ve noticed but the hills are remembering green again.

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I have a suspicion that colds and other uncomfortable but ultimately mild illnesses that we start having as very tiny children and continue to have all our lives are intended as catechism to instruct us that you will not feel like this forever, tomorrow or maybe next week you will not be so phlegmy/congested/achy/sad/discouraged/tired. You have an immune system. Let the reader understand.

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This isn’t a profound spiritual metaphor I’m just making brioche

Imagine having the kind of courage that lets the dough rise when it’s not quite cleaning the sides of the bowl yet.

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Imagine having the kind of courage that lets the dough rise when it’s not quite cleaning the sides of the bowl yet.