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making sense of our lives

By vivienne / April 20, 2025

One thing I love about this blog is the way you all help me think about and process the various...

By vivienne / April 2, 2025

I defended my PhD yesterday! Surreal that in a couple of hours, the phase of life you've known over the...

By vivienne / March 12, 2025

I guess I have a lot of catching up to do since it's been 8 months since I last posted...

By vivienne / July 21, 2024

It's one of those rare moments of quiet. Noah went down for his nap a half hour earlier than normal,...

By vivienne / July 9, 2024

I'm finding that babies and gardens are what remind me of time passing. A month ago, our garden box was...

By vivienne / June 6, 2024

I have just finished picking up chewed up watermelon pieces strewn around Noah's high chair, after putting Noah down for...

By vivienne / February 27, 2024

This is part 2 of a 3-part series on pregnancy and labor, specifically a non-medicated one since that was the...

By vivienne / January 31, 2024

When people ask me to tell them something they don't already know about me, I often say this, "I'm an...

By vivienne / November 25, 2023

This post has been a long time coming - a result of thoughts that have been mulling around in my...

By vivienne / September 25, 2023

For those who were wondering why my previous post on women in ministry was password-protected, I initially wrote down some...