Degrees in Idealism

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

Let’s Talk About The Weather

06.07.2022 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

A few years ago I got off of social media. Along with getting off of social media I mostly stopped following any news source on a regular basis. But there is still one website I still check every morning. The Weather Channel. Sometimes I even find myself checking it multiple times a day. Especially if […]

Categories // Culture

So do all who live to see such times…

09.22.2021 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

It feels like the church is falling apart. It feels like our country is falling apart. It feels like the world is falling apart. These are things that many of us feel right now. And rightfully so. Corruption seems to reign supreme. You find it in one corner so you run to the other corner, […]

Categories // Culture, Soul

Why My Christmas Tree Is Still Up

01.30.2021 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

There are all sorts of debates about when Christmas actually ends. Liturgically speaking, we know that it does NOT end on December 26th. In fact, it is just as much Christmas on December 26th as it was on December 25th. It is, liturgically speaking, full-strength Christmas through January 1st. After that things get a little […]

Categories // Culture, Family

Mass in the Time of Covid

09.04.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

We have been going to in-person Mass with our four children since May. I have had a lot of other people ask us how we do this, if we feel safe, if it’s been difficult, etc. Now, everyone’s risk factors are different and no one person can decide for another person whether in-person Mass is […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul Tags // #catholic, #covid, #family, #mass

My New Book: A Storybook of Saints

04.06.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // Leave a Comment

My children’s relationship with Saint Nicholas is complex and, at times, confusing. When we had our first son we decided not to “do Santa” in the traditional American way. Because of the questioning personality of our oldest son and the deeply secular, often antagonistic-towards-faith culture we live in, we felt uncomfortable insisting upon the down-the-chimney […]

Categories // Culture, Family, Soul

New Book on the Way and Smartphone Vacation

02.10.2020 by Elizabeth Hanna Pham // 2 Comments

I have not posted on my blog in awhile because I have been focusing all my writing attention on a book that will be published in April. I am very excited to share more details about it soon! I am also revamping my blog with a new layout and name on the way.  In the […]

Categories // Culture, Soul Tags // #koselig, #livinginthepresent, #livingsimply, #smartphone

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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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