Author Archives: bryoniemoon

Outpost Theology and Another Reason to Read Tolkein

Posted on August 15, 2013 by bryoniemoon

Why is it that we never need much of a reason for doing something fun? A friend of mine asked to take me out for my birthday recently. I didn’t text back to say, “Wow. I’m going to need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Ritual, Suffering, The Daily, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Tickle Monsters and the Narrative of Fun

Posted on July 26, 2013 by bryoniemoon

My dad was brilliant at crafting a narrative for us kids that spelled fun. I’m not sure how he did it, but he managed to tease the silly and the funny and the happy out of a whole lot of … Continue reading →

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Absorbing the Fall

Posted on June 6, 2013 by bryoniemoon

Yesterday was pretty sucky. Not a nice word, but there you have it. I took Evangeline (who has yet to be properly introduced here!) to the Social Security Office to apply for a social security number. When we emerged from … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day: Gumption, Entitlement and Holy Discontent

Posted on May 12, 2013 by bryoniemoon

I have always felt ambiguous about Mother’s Day. It’s not on the Christian calendar and feels overly-Americanized to me. And I know from experience that although it makes a good number of mothers happy, it also pours salt into the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Four Years

Posted on April 5, 2013 by bryoniemoon

We haven’t been out to Hillside for months. The snow and our busy lives kept us away. But standing at the grave it is easy to open the flood gates. Suddenly four years disappears and it all happened yesterday. The … Continue reading →

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Judah and Jesus

Posted on March 29, 2013 by bryoniemoon

Today was hard. Not hard in the “I-hate-my-life” sense but hard in the “when-is-it-bedtime?” sense. Josh was out the door before anyone was up this morning and then home for about 30 minutes for a quick dinner before heading off … Continue reading →

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Lenten Musings

Posted on March 13, 2013 by bryoniemoon

I love small comforts. I mean, I really love them. Being a homebody means I don’t go in for the big bangs. I don’t want to spend my Saturday skiing or going to concerts or boutique hopping. I would rather … Continue reading →

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Here is my heart

Posted on February 19, 2013 by bryoniemoon

A couple Sundays ago a storm hit and we had to re-arrange a number of things that had been in place for quite some time. It was very frustrating and I balked at the tedium and disappointment of it all, … Continue reading →

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The weary world rejoices?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by bryoniemoon
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Nanny

Posted on October 4, 2012 by bryoniemoon

This picture cracks me up. Judah is obviously so done with the picture taking party. The look on Nanny’s face says she is too. But Mom and I remain determined to get just one more before we end the photo … Continue reading →

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