Over the past few weeks I’ve been reading blogs written by mothers from all walks of life. Most of these have been by women who share my faith, Orthodox Christianity. My eagerness to see how other Christian women walk in their daily lives is one more way of preparing for my own journey of motherhood. My husband graduates law school in the spring, and we are expecting our first child in June, for which we couldn’t be more excited! There is so much to do before baby is with us– I’m overwhelmed! I hope that by joining this community of online Christian mothers I can learn some things before baby arrives. I want to use this blog as a way to chronicle our journey as a new family.
Today as I was doing my blog search I came across Passionate Homemaking. They are going to begin a book study February 1st on Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others by Pat Ennis & Lisa Tatlock. This looks like an interesting read so I entered into their giveaway. If you have a few seconds, comment on their post and enter yourself. A book study like this will be a great way for me to jump start my blog.
Arlie – good to see you here. Sounds like you have some
wonderful things to look forward to. God keep you safe
in these graced months of pregnancy. And my best to the dad-to-be.
Fr John
Hi Arlie,
Nice to meet you. I think your blog with be lovely, though I expect a stretch of no-new-posts once your baby arrives and you’d rather sleep than do anything else! (smile)
Can’t wait to come along on this journey with you!
Congratulations on the baby on the way!
Thanks for coming by to visit my blog. I wish I could take credit for the journaling your Christmas idea, but it’s not mine! The journal I make is led by prompts by a scrapbook artist named Shimelle. Every November-ish, she puts up a post on her blog saying the class is about to start and you get a little note in your email every morning from December 1 through January 6. Her website is http://www.shimelle.com. Another place for a December album idea is at Ali Edwards’ blog. Try starting here: http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/december-daily-album-2008.html
Both have been huge sources of inspiration for me – I’ve done journals the last three Christmases and loved it.
Hope that helped!