Degrees in Idealism

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When “Organic” Fails

09.29.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 3 Comments

I am a true believer in natural health. I am currently on one of the strictest healing diets that has led me to eliminate refined sugar, grains, soy, corn, starchy vegetables, processed foods, additives, preservatives, and most dairy. I pretty much cook every single meal I eat. I make bone broths and ferment my own […]

Categories // Soul, Wellness Tags // #crohns, #medicine, #naturalhealth, #organic, #suffering

Celebrating Baby Peace

07.26.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Throughout both of my pregnancies I feared miscarriage. I tried to commit myself to not entertaining such fears— I tried not to let them prevent me from falling in love. But in the back of my mind the fears were always there. I feared the loss and I feared the sadness but even more than […]

Categories // Family, Marriage, Soul Tags // #babies, #death, #family, #love, #miscarriage, #motherhood, #parenthood, #peace, #pregnancy

Baby Peace

07.03.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 3 Comments

The doctor tells me I’m good to go– no more tests or appointments until my first ultrasound. But I’m skeptical. Should I request more blood draws? Should I keep a stock of pregnancy tests to take every now and then just to be sure things are still okay– just to be sure the baby’s still […]

Categories // Family, Marriage, Soul Tags // #babies, #faith, #motherhood, #parenthood, #pregnancy

When Mama is Sick

04.17.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Two months ago I couldn’t hand my baby off to anyone. I couldn’t even put him in the car seat without him wailing. He wanted me by his side or holding him near constantly. And I obliged him because I could. For whatever reason, he needed me extraordinarily then, and that was just that. Mama […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #autoimmune, #babies, #crohns, #motherhood, #suffering

Why Home Videos Make Us Cry (And Why They Don’t Need To)

03.17.2014 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Yesterday my husband and I were trying to fix my computer and, in the process, stumbled upon a slideshow of home videos. We were sucked in. And as always seems to happen with home videos, they roused within me that deep longing feeling, that pervasive, aching bittersweetness. And as always, I asked myself why? I […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #childhoodmemories, #children, #family, #livinginthepresent, #love, #memories

Regarding Baby

12.18.2012 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I’ve always had a hard time praying. I’ve been told: just talk to God. Talk about your day, your likes, your dislikes, your feelings. He wants to know all of that, so tell him! This always bothered me. Not that I didn’t believe God wanted to know all that. But simply because it made no […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #babies, #faith, #God, #pregnancy

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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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