Degrees in Idealism

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

Carry Me Home

06.23.2018 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

When my husband and I first watched our wedding video it warmed my heart to relive one of the very best days of our lives. But I also had a lot of criticism for myself– mostly trivial things like the way my hair was pinned in one spot or how I wish I’d prepared a […]

Categories // Marriage Tags // #anniversary, #love, #marriage, #sixyears

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

Watch the New Beauty and the Beast– If Only For the Ending

04.24.2017 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

I went into Beauty and the Beast with somewhat low expectations. The cartoon version was always one of my favorite movies, and I hadn’t heard the best reviews of the remake. One of the reviews I found most striking argued that there was something forced, strange, and off-putting about the story being live-action in the first […]

Categories // Beauty, Culture Tags // #art, #beautyandthebeast, #fairytales, #love, #moviereview, #movies

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

The Very Thought of You

11.12.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

It seems to be a generally accepted fate that people who fell in love will fall out of it and that romance within long-term relationships or marriage is bound to die. The usual advice to try to prevent this goes something like: try to make time for each other. Set monthly/weekly date nights. And certainly, […]

Categories // Marriage Tags // #love, #marriage, #romance

Embracing Difficult People

10.08.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

With our first baby, I remember thinking, I can’t wait until we get out of the newborn stage and this all gets easier. But then my newborn became a toddler and I saw how toddlers can be pretty difficult too, in their own ways. It was only becoming easier because I was becoming more used […]

Categories // Family, Soul Tags // #love, #parenthood

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »

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.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog.

Storybook of Saints

Book Cover: A Storybook of Saints

A Storybook of Saints

sons of God

sons of God

View Book

Copyright © 2023 · Modern Studio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in