Degrees in Idealism

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

First Trimester Salad

04.29.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

I’m just trying to survive. That’s always been my mantra during the first trimester of pregnancy which has always been fairly rough for me. This one has been particularly rough as I try to adequately feed, nurture, referee, and entertain two rambunctious toddler boys. I pretty much always feel like curling up in bed and sleeping […]

Categories // Family, Soul, Wellness Tags // #autoimmune, #family, #findingmeaning, #morningsickness, #pregnancy, #suffering

Why we still use a ticking clock

10.17.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Our power recently went out and the digital clock on our microwave went out along with it. My husband usually resets it, but for some reason, this time he didn’t. So I found myself looking over at the blank screen, instinctively, throughout the day, and then I had to remind myself to look a few feet away at […]

Categories // Culture, Soul, Wellness Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #modernity, #technology

Our Daily Bread

09.22.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

One morning she boiled molasses and sugar together until they made a thick syrup, and Pa brought in two pans of clean, white snow from outdoors. Laura and Mary each had a pan, and Pa and Ma showed them how to pour the dark syrup in little streams on to the snow. They made circles, […]

Categories // Wellness Tags // #autoimmune, #crohns, #findingmeaning, #foodie, #littlehouseontheprairie

When Birth Is Imperfect

02.08.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 5 Comments

My first baby was born “naturally,” but just barely. I had done all the prep— “natural” OBGYN practice, deep breathing exercises, prenatal yoga/massage, three page birth plan. I had watched the enlightening and terrifying “The Business of Being Born” and I knew I didn’t want the big bad hospital corporations stealing my beautiful, instinctual motherhood experience. […]

Categories // Family, Wellness Tags // #babies, #csection, #motherhood, #naturalbirth, #pregnancy

But What If You Don’t Like Coconut Oil?

09.14.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

My dad and I used to eat Fudge Rounds after dinner. We’d eat the giant ones, heated for ten seconds in the microwave to ever so slightly melt the chocolate filling and soften the saturated cookie sandwich shell into chewy perfection. Now my occasional treat is some form of raw cacao and almond flour or coconut. It usually […]

Categories // Culture, Wellness Tags // #autoimmune, #coconutoil, #crohns, #food, #fudgerounds, #paleo

Vaccines: No Easy Answers

02.11.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

My son is vaccinated. But that doesn’t mean I believe vaccines are completely safe. There is a lot of talk about this subject right now and it makes sense why, especially given the recent measles outbreaks. But what doesn’t make sense to me is the extreme polarization of both sides of the debate. The articles […]

Categories // Culture, Wellness Tags // #babies, #naturalhealth, #pediatrics, #vaccines

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About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to six children, 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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