Degrees in Idealism

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

Why Growing Up Makes Us Sad

11.18.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

Cherish these precious moments. They grow up so fast. Every parent has heard this advice. Older parents have probably given it. I am only now beginning to understand it. In fact, I used to really dislike this advice— and not just when I became a mother. I disliked it a long time ago when I heard people […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #, #findingmeaning, #livinginthepresent, #love, #motherhood, #parenthood, #relationships

Why We Love Period Dramas

07.25.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

My husband and I try not to watch much TV but, if a show has accents or war heroism or fancy ballrooms we pretty much can’t resist. We recently started on a seemingly random Turkish show at the recommendation of other bloggers and I’m shocked how hooked we are even with the unreliable subtitles. But […]

Categories // Culture Tags // #downtonabbey, #findingmeaning, #kurtseyitvesura, #modernity, #perioddramas, #poldark

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

Letting Go of Your Health

03.04.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

Three years ago, on a beautiful February day, my husband, son, and I hiked Kennesaw Mountain with some friends. A few minutes after arriving home I started feeling very sick. I had had Crohn’s disease for almost seven years but it had never been as severe as it became after that day. Three hospitalizations, five […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #autoimmune, #crohns, #findingmeaning, #health, #marriage, #nature, #parenthood

On Loving Your Children Without Worshipping Them

02.17.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

A new religion in our American culture is rapidly gaining devout followers. Its followers are typically between the ages of about twenty-two and fifty and there are generally more women than men. This religion does not seem to produce much satisfaction or peace. Many of its followers end up frazzled, stressed, and scrupulous, and find their marriages […]

Categories // Family, Marriage, Soul Tags // #children, #findingmeaning, #motherhood, #parenthood

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

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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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