Degrees in Idealism

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Coronavirus and the Soul

03.13.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

If the coronavirus had hit seven years ago, I would have been terrified. I’m immunocompromised, but I’m also prone to anxiety and worst-case scenario thinking. I always tend to assume that if it is going to happen to someone then it is going to happen to me or the ones I love. But then I […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #coronavirus, #faithofourfathers, #family, #pandemic, #prayer

New Book on the Way and Smartphone Vacation

02.10.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

I have not posted on my blog in awhile because I have been focusing all my writing attention on a book that will be published in April. I am very excited to share more details about it soon! I am also revamping my blog with a new layout and name on the way.  In the […]

Categories // Culture, Soul Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #livingsimply, #smartphone

Lenten Music

04.06.2019 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

A little late, but I wanted to share the playlist that helps me focus on the season. I hope it can help you too!

Categories // Soul Tags // #beauty, #catholicism, #lent, #music

Pregnancy is Strange

04.04.2019 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

This is my fourth time feeling a tiny person kick around in my belly. And it’s not any less strange than the first time. In pop culture, when pregnancy isn’t being stigmatized or avoided at all costs, it’s being glamorized. I think of pregnant celebrities, baring their bellies on the covers of magazines like fertility […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #meaningoflife, #motherhood, #parenthood, #pregnancy

Life Without Social Media

02.27.2019 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 4 Comments

After mulling over it for months (years) I finally permanently deleted my Facebook, thereby removing all social media from my life. Here’s what I’ve learned: I am shocked by how nosy and gossipy I really was. I had already hidden at least 80% of my newsfeed because the content was either distracting or irrelevant. I […]

Categories // Culture, Soul Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #livingsimply, #millenials, #modernity, #socialmedia, #technologyproblems

Christmas Does Not Belong to Me

12.18.2018 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

I just want to make sure we have OUR Christmas. I’ve said it to my friends and my friends have said it to me. Somewhere between college graduation and thirtieth birthdays Christmas becomes super, super busy. And we feel like it’s all about other people. All about extended relatives. All about work parties or neighborhood parties […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #christmas, #family, #parenting

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About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to four little boys (and another little boy on the way,) a writer, and a lover and seeker of the beautiful, the true, and the good. I am a believer in idealism-- that even amidst the chaos and the confusion, the exhaustion and the sadness of life there is always joy to be found, hope to be clung to, and a better path to be taken. I write my thoughts on this blog. Links to my fiction books are at the bottom of the page.

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