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Hi.

I'm so glad you found your way to my little corner of the neighborhood! Pull up a chair and stay, and let's chat about life on the margins and loving Jesus and, obviously, where to find the best cheese dip and most life-changing books. 

31.12 :: Readings

A few quick links for your week; because I am so tired from all-of-the-crazy, I have no time or energy for writing myself currently.

Want to know why I'm so tired? You guys, this (warning: do not read if you're going to be offended by some language!)
"I am not pregnant, but I've had three kids and there is a 'bump.' From now on ladies, I will have a 'bump' and it will be my 'baby bump' and let's just all settle in and get used to it, it's not going anywhere." - Jennifer Garner

“I am convinced that most people do not grow up ... We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.” —Maya Angelou
25 Famous Women on Aging - NY Magazine
24 Surprising Things about Parenting in the U.S. - A Cup of Jo

Come in - from my girl Shannan at Flower Patch Farmgirl.

"I want to hear what my neighbors say." Quiet time confidential with D.L. Mayfield. - at A Little Yes
Who Told Me? (part of Esther Emery's 31 day series of Church in the Woods, the whole thing is just lovely).
Ebola is a Inequality Crisis - Jim Wallis
'In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy' - Peter Piot
In this context, walking is a subversive detour, the scenic route through a half-abandoned landscape of ideas and experiences. - from Wanderlust

31.13 :: Walking in the Woods

31.10-11 :: On Building Community