Our Little Pebbles

Sunday, April 28, 2013

What not to say to a working mom...

"Do you think your kids will recognize you when you get home?"

I literally spent 24 hours at the church. From 6pm Sat. until 6pm Sun.

A youth lock-in (sleeping at the church with the youth, well not so much sleeping), worship services, funeral prep, then funeral).

Thanks members of my congregation for making me feel worse than I already do. To add to my exhaustion and hunger let's pile on guilt shall we?

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Then there was Holy Week and Easter...

Holy week in my line of work is one of the busiest weeks for me. Starting with Palm Sunday and then 3 or 4 worship services in one week leading up to Easter.

The kids made donkeys and processed in church for palm sunday

My cute babies and me on Palm Sunday

I preached and looked like I was really into it.

We had Holy Thursday and Good Friday

Then Easter Egg dying

And cooking with Gram

Look a Bunny cake

My office during holy week becomes chaos and madness

messes everywhere

and everywhere

But we had big boxes and balloons for a resurrection surprise!

The easter bunny came to visit

I had a sunrise service

And the kids were so excited

We found eggs

Emmy, found most of them.

They wore their easter best

And we survived Holy Week and Easter and then I took a nap.

Vigil For Marriage Equality...

In an effort to try and get caught up on things. I thought I would start with something that I had a lot of fun doing last month.

As most people probably know the Supreme Court heard cases on Prop 8 and DOMA.

As a clergy person I decided it was important that those in the LGBQ community see vocal supportive clergy, so I traveled to San Francisco to take part in a vigil on the State Supreme Court Steps.

I have a wonderful time, met lots of amazing people, had my picture taken by many, and was on the news (in what can be described as some of the most awkward 30 seconds of my life. Why do they edit my statement in such weird ways haha).

It was a wonderful fulfilling way to spend several hours in solidarity with others praying for justice and change in our country.

Fellow Clergy Person Speaking

Me and a clergy friend. Giving a perfect "10" score

More of our signs.

We were among the first to gather and stood there for about 5 hours I think.

If this video works you can see my super awkward news debute. I think it's about 30 seconds in. The rest of what I said was so much better (I think)

And since people were wearing Red that day in honor of marriage equality I had the kids get in on the act too. When I explained we were wearing red so that everyone could get married; people like their Auntie Kaylee and Auntie Lindy and Their Tios Jason & Delphin,

Emerson's response was, "I want to be the flower girl." I love 3 year olds (most of the time)

*Photos and Events from March 26, 2013. I'm just behind on all things blogging.

*I obviously don't get into any theological conversation in this post, but if anyone is interested in why I support marriage equality from my Christian perspective let me know and I can write a post on it. I know so much of the assumption and rhetoric is that Christian's are against it, but that's not a universal truth at all; I support it, always have, so does my church and many many other Christians as well.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Hello Blog...

Once upon a time I had a blog,

I updated it a lot and it was a great source of joy for me.

Now I barely make it through each day and week with never ending work, delightful but exhausting twins, and life.

I'm tired a lot.

Actually exhausted...

and I miss my blog and the community it offers.

I think I'll try to carve out some time each day to go back to writing.

I miss my sad little neglected blog.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Lenten Photo-a-day Continued...

Day 17: Prophet - just some of the many more modern day prophets

Day 18: Leave - The door by which I leave home every day and enter the world

Day 19: Thirst - I thirst for justice for all people

Day 20: Bless - Blessed to have a job that allows me some flexibility when I have sick babies (hanging out in my office watching movies while mama works)

Day 21: Night - the stars that light ceiling in Eli & Emmy's room each night

Day 22: Shadow - Shadows of light in the sanctuary

Day 23: NO- Always more than happy to help me yell NO

Day 24: Find - Emerson see treasure and value in everything she finds

Day 25: Faithful - The faithfulness of my youth (with our Bishop)

Day 26: Ate - The best part of baking

Day 27: Happy - sitting in the backyard reading in the spring sun

Day 28: Silence - Love the silence of this space in the midst of a busy work day

Thursday, March 7, 2013

My hope...

A couple nights ago I heard Eli & Emerson sneak down the hallway into my bedroom.

They brought their turtle which projects starts onto their ceiling set it up on the bedside table and climbed into our bed.

When I walked in to check on them they were snuggled together and looked so cute that I let them stay, I tucked them in, told them to stay put, be quiet, and go to sleep.

As I was leaving the room Emerson said, "mom can we talk?"

I told her as long as they were quiet.

As I walked out of the room I heard them whisper to each other, "Good night, Eli"

"Good night"

I hope they're always close to each other.

I have five sibilings so I know how complex sibling relationships can be, but as I watch them play, support, encourage, stand up for, worry, and bicker with each other.

I hope that they'll always be that way. May they always want to whisper good night to one another.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Lenten Journey in Pictures - Feb.

During the season of Lent I'm participating in a photo-a-day series using the above rubric. It's been a really fun creative way to put an image to the words. This is what I've done thus far for the month of February.