Hello Everybody and How Are You?

Do you know that nursery school song, the Hello Everybody one? We sing it a lot around here, especially in the morning - or more accurately, I sing it as my children grumble and rub their eyes and complain about what they're having for breakfast. The poor mites.

Things were pretty bad last week, but I can't talk about them. We're okay, but I'm a little bit creatively blocked, which was bound to happen. Maybe I've written down every word I could ever possibly have in me, and now I'm doomed to a life of staring blankly at my grocery list, wondering what the word for "bread" is.

Here is a book review: I was sent a copy of Molly Sabourin's upcoming book, Close to Home: One Orthodox mother's quest for patience, peace, and perseverance. I was a bit worried about what I'd write when I was asked to review it, because I know very, very little about Orthodox Christianity, but I needn't have fretted - it's a lovely, approachable book, and I found Molly's writing on living her faith as a mother very moving. Beyond that, I found her descriptions of her own spiritual growth and challenges as a mother very thought-provoking - and while there's an obvious audience of Orthodox Christian mothers, I do think that other Christian mothers could find spiritual sustenance in it, as well.

And speaking of sustenance - I need to go grocery shopping. Thanks for all the kind thoughts and prayers.