We're Rockin'

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RockinMany, many thanks to Sherry at Large Family Mothering for honoring me as a Rockin' Girl Blogger. I'm so in awe of Sherry that I can hardly believe I'm mentioned on the same page as she is. What kind words! Now I get to nominate five Rockin' Girls myself. When I was in Denver recently, someone commented that I didn't seem old enough to have an eighteen-year-old son. She said it must be my little ones who keep me young. Maybe, but I also think it's a rockin' group of young, faithful, beautiful women who remind of how idealistic and in love with this way of life I was when all my children were little and I had no gray hair. So, here in the order I came to know them, are my totally, totally happening, totally holy rockin' friends:

  • Danielle Bean. She's raising eight kids in New Hampshire with such warmth and humor it spreads all over the country. We're already lining her kids up with mine for as many arranged marriages as possible. One thing's certain, our grandchildren would know how to write;-)! Danielle introduced me to....
  • Danielle's sister, Suzanne. Suzanne has a house full of little men. She an artist, a poet, and a pensive essayist. We pensive types have to stick together!Suzanne introduced me to her best friend in the world, her partner in the kitchen,
  • Kristen Laurence.  Kristen mothers two little girls in Orange County, where the fruit is always luscious and the daily uniform is capris, no matter what the season (and she puts a good deal of thought into those simple capris, too). She reminds me to treasure every moment and inspires me to strive for simplicity. Kristen introduced me to...
  • Matilda  . Matilda rocks. She also waltzes and does the salsa! Matilda thinks out loud and she thinks such interesting thoughts! I often hear her inside my head. Matilda introduced me to...
  • Nutmeg. Admittedly, Nutmeg hooked me with her "about" phrase. How can I not find a kindred spirit in someone who professes to be a soccer-playing mama with hair in a bandanna and bare feet on the floor? Nutmeg's posts are Honest and Unaffected; I especially love her thoughts on her marriage and I'm with her all the way on the neighborhood kids.

So there you go: my secret to youth and vitality this side of forty!