So I had a baby in September. I swore that even though I ate practically nothing but club sandwiches and sweet potato fries for nine months while I was pregnant, the second Mac was born, Id become a ...
The new winner for the Nice Girls Giveaway is Kristin Clark--heres her amazing comment: "Shauna, I love this idea.I am entering to win a case, and I am buying a case.I lost my mom on December 30t...
Im so sorry its taken me a week to post this--as you know from my last post, Thursday ended a really busy six week traveling-and-speaking stretch, and then I gave myself the weekend to rest, breathe,...
It’s a lovely Friday morning, and I’m home, happily. I’m in my pajamas, drinking coffee, letting the house be a mess, letting my suitcase sprawl open on my bedroom floor, letting my...
Our Nice Girls Giveaway Winner is still at large...Monika, we would LOVE to send you your case of books, but if we dont hear from you by the end of the day today, were going to have to move on to ano...
On Saturday, I spoke at Azusa Pacific Universitys commencement. It was kind of surreal. And amazing. And really really fun. Im so completely thankful to have been a part of it. The orchestra pla...
And the winner is...Monika! Heres her comment: "Im a college aged student going into education and have a small group every summer with high school aged and middle school aged girls. I would LOVE...
I’m so excited about today’s giveaway. One of my favorite things to do is give away books—not just here, but in real life. I’ve been known to get whole cases of books I love s...
We’re leaving tonight for Orange County to stay with my best friend Annette and her family, and I’m so excited that we finally get to meet her baby Tori and introduce them to Mac. Because...
As you may have gathered by now, our family—both my family of origin and our little family—tend not to be traditionalists about holidays. Some of this is because we’re at church on ...
I did that thing, that terrible thing that I do sometimes: when I was supposed to be writing, instead I read a bunch of reviews. Some of them were great. Some of them were absolutely awful, and they ...
In the spirit of my last post, more books: I’m not a re-reader, generally, and I also don’t like to re-watch movies. Notable exceptions: Sex & the City (the amazing first one, not the...
You know how I feel about reading—it’s my solace, my medicine, my passageway to a million different worlds. It’s my favorite thing, the thing I do when I’m at my wit’s e...
Let’s be clear—do not picture in your mind that Anne Lamott and I had a leisurely lunch, author-to-author, exchanging confidences, becoming best friends. Picture instead a middle school g...
Hi all! It was so fun to hear about all the places you love to visit--it made me want to travel, travel, travel. The winner of the 31 Bits giveaway is Becky Hope! Her comment: London, Un...
31 Bits is a great company in Orange County that features beautiful jewelry designed and made by women in Northern Uganda. I love what theyre about, and Im happy to be featured on their blog today. A...
I absolutely believe that gratitude is a way of life, a practice as opposed to a feeling, and I want to be the kind of person who chooses to be grateful for what is instead of angry abo...
Its a gray Monday, and Ive told myself that tomorrow Ill really work--sitting at a desk, checking things off a list, but that todays work needs to be the snuggly, pajama-y, tea-in-hand kind, after th...
Last night I taught at our churchs midweek gathering. As a community, were studying the book of Mark, so Shane asked me to teach from Mark 12:41-44, the story of the widows mite: Jesus sat down...
Here are the 4 winners of our latest giveaway! Each one wins Blaines fantastic book Untitled, and 4 great posters based on the content. 1. Courtney Her comment: "Its about the process, the journe...
First, thanks so much for entering the conversation on my last post--so many of you gave great advice, and there really is something so moving about knowing that youre not the only one, isnt there? T...
Im full of questions today. If you follow me on Twitter, or if were FB friends, you know that I woke up fragmented and fearful, and that early this morning, after a sleepless and scattered night, I p...
I am, as you know, deep into Bread & Wine, a collection of essays about life around the table that will be released about a year from now. Just an hour ago I sent off a messy, rough, rambling par...
Im by no means an expert on baby gear, and Im not particularly picky about a lot of it, but there are just a few things I do really love. So whether youre a new parent or youre looking for a go-to li...
Some seasons call for a little poetry. This is one of those seasons. Not a bad one, by any means, but one of great intensity. This season feels rich and full, crammed with life and ideas and people a...
This is one of those go-to dinners that you can pretty much always throw together: frozen chicken breasts, canned beans, broth, jar of salsa--although fresh is better than jarred. Fresh from the stor...
Thanks for sharing so many great quotes...a few of my favorites: From Gillian: “One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all. Shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, ev...
Mac is four months old today, and he is just nothing but fifteen pounds of love and awesomeness. He’s all smiles—that’s like his thing, smiling with a side of laughing. When that ba...
It’s a new year, and it’s time for a giveaway! I love this one: my sweet friend Holly from Livingston and Porter will paint one of her amazing custom canvases for the winner. You know, of...
I am, as you know, working on Bread & Wine, my third book, a collection of essays about faith, family, food, friendship & life around the table. It’s due this summer, and I’m taki...
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