Degrees in Idealism

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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

It’s The Breaths You Take Together

08.27.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 3 Comments

As a parent, it is easy to worry about spending “quality time” with my children. We live in a busy world and family time is usually limited. We’re often told that if “quantity of time” is lacking, we can make up for it with extra-special “quality”— activities, outings, vacations, etc. But I’m always fascinated when […]

Categories // Family Tags // #childhoodmemories, #family, #koselig, #motherhood, #parenthood

At the end of the day

06.13.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 3 Comments

I often look at my children and wonder, am I doing enough for them? I’m sure every parent throughout history has asked that same question. But I think our modern hyper-connectivity, especially through social media, poses the question more frequently and dramatically. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and confused by all the possibilities and […]

Categories // Family Tags // #family, #homelife, #homeschool, #koselig, #livingsimply, #motherhood, #parenthood

A Mother’s Bias

05.10.2016 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

I’m not doing this again.  I’ve thought it quite a few times. I thought it through my pregnancy’s complications and annoyances. I thought it as they strapped me to the operating table and started vigorously pushing and pulling on my stomach. I thought it as I first stepped out of the hospital bed and felt […]

Categories // Family Tags // #babies, #courage, #faith, #motherhood, #parenthood

No Santa? But What About the Magic?

12.17.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 1 Comment

I’ve written before about why we aren’t doing Santa in the traditional sense. We love and appreciate him and want to maintain his spirit through both his real Saint namesake and through his fairy tale, but we won’t be insisting that he delivers our children’s gifts on Christmas Day. I am a bit unique in the camp of […]

Categories // Family Tags // #children, #christmas, #faith, #magic, #parenthood, #santa

Mommy Blog?

11.03.2015 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 4 Comments

But I don’t want my blog to become a mommy blog! That was my cry. I said I wanted to maintain relatability. I wanted to make sure twenty-something single guys felt like they could read my stuff without stooping to some level they’d be ashamed of. I didn’t want my single or childless friends to […]

Categories // Family Tags // #mommyblog, #motherhood, #parenthood, #stayathomemom

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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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