Degrees in Idealism

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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

How We Advent (And Advent Music)

12.01.2018 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

When I was about ten my dad first introduced us to the old custom of Adventing before Christmas and Christmasing until Epiphany. At first, it was quite difficult for me to accept. My dad and I had many debates about how early was too early to turn on the real Christmas songs and all the […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #advent, #christmas, #family, #koselig, #liturgicalliving

My Advent CD

11.27.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

Properly celebrating Advent can be tough in a society that typically starts Christmasing around Thanksgiving and promptly ceases merriment on December 26th. One thing that has always been particularly bothersome to me is the general lack of Advent music. I’ve got an Advent playlist I add to every year, but this year I wanted to do […]

Categories // Beauty Tags // #advent, #christmas, #folkpiano, #music, #piano

Let’s Fall in Love with Christmas Again

12.29.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

It’s a common misconception that Christmas is only for children. But Christmas is for everybody. Children are just better at celebrating it. As adults, we can get so focused on the preparations and the subsequent return to normalcy that we forget to savor the very point of it all. We cook and clean and then […]

Categories // Soul Tags // #babyjesus, #children, #christmas, #findingmeaning, #holidays, #livinginthepresent

How to participate in gift-giving without participating in materialism

12.06.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

Materialism is an obvious problem in America and it is made more obvious during the holiday season. Many people blame Christmas, or at least Christmas gift-giving, for this materialism. But materialism can happen with or without gifts. Whether it be iPads or beach trips or going out to bars, we become materialistic when we are […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture, Family Tags // #children, #christmas, #gifts, #love, #materialism

When Christmas Goes Away

01.12.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Every January I go through a mini depression as Christmas comes to an end. I try to make it fun and positive. I try to find things to divert my attention away from the lack-of-Christmas. This year we have a baby coming in eleven weeks so I have much of that practical preparation to look forward to. My […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #christmas, #christmaswithdrawal, #findingmeaning, #januaryblues

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About Me

I'm Elizabeth. I'm a wife, a mother to five little boys (and a little girl 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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