Degrees in Idealism

exploring how we would live if we truly believed life was meaningful

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Why My Christmas Tree Is Still Up

01.30.2021 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

There are all sorts of debates about when Christmas actually ends. Liturgically speaking, we know that it does NOT end on December 26th. In fact, it is just as much Christmas on December 26th as it was on December 25th. It is, liturgically speaking, full-strength Christmas through January 1st. After that things get a little […]

Categories // Culture, Family

The Latin Mass: For Distracted Children Like Me

12.13.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I first went to traditional Latin Mass when I was a teenager. I remember it feeling cold— both in temperature and in mood. I did not want to go back. Now, whether it was actually cold or simply unfamiliar I do not know. I do know that, at that time, most of the devout Catholics […]

Categories // Beauty, Family, Soul

Surviving and thriving with lots of little kids

11.16.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

As a mother of five little boys seven and under I often get asked how I manage. Of course, two alternative answers are that 1) I don’t. Or 2) By the grace of God. But here are the more specific strategies: Be intentional about your village. It is tempting, especially as a mother, to try […]

Categories // Family, Marriage

Mass in the Time of Covid

09.04.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

We have been going to in-person Mass with our four children since May. I have had a lot of other people ask us how we do this, if we feel safe, if it’s been difficult, etc. Now, everyone’s risk factors are different and no one person can decide for another person whether in-person Mass is […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #catholic, #covid, #family, #mass

My New Book: A Storybook of Saints

04.06.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

My children’s relationship with Saint Nicholas is complex and, at times, confusing. When we had our first son we decided not to “do Santa” in the traditional American way. Because of the questioning personality of our oldest son and the deeply secular, often antagonistic-towards-faith culture we live in, we felt uncomfortable insisting upon the down-the-chimney […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul

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

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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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Storybook of Saints

Book Cover: A Storybook of Saints

A Storybook of Saints

sons of God

sons of God

A short novella in which Lucifer talks about his dad.

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