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Small Talk

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Small Talk Turns 9

  • Post published:October 28, 2023
  • Post category:Books/Faith/Family/Parenting
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“Limitations, properly understood, lead to love.” I don’t always live as though I believe those words. I would often like to overcome limitations rather than accept them. But those words…

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Read more about the article Small Talk Is Available as an Audiobook

Small Talk Is Available as an Audiobook

  • Post published:June 1, 2023
  • Post category:Disability/Family/Parenting
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Are messy diapers, loads of laundry, and sleep deprivation part of your life right now? Nine years ago, Small Talk was published, and I just got to record it as…

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Recording the Small Talk Audiobook

  • Post published:April 5, 2023
  • Post category:Books/Parenting/Writing
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I had so much fun this week recording the audiobook of Small Talk!  Small Talk came out nine years ago, in 2014, and for whatever reason, it never became an…

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Small Talk Is 8!

  • Post published:October 28, 2022
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We’re celebrating the eight-year birthday/anniversary of my book Small Talk: Learning from My Children About What Matters Most. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying these words! (You can watch…

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Small Talk Book Birthday

  • Post published:October 28, 2021
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I got to hold a baby yesterday. A bright-eyed baby who smells soft and sweet (I know—how does someone smell soft, but she really did) and who cries and grabs…

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Read more about the article Reading Small Talk: Behind-the-Scenes

Reading Small Talk: Behind-the-Scenes

  • Post published:May 6, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast
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Want a glimpse of Small Talk behind-the-scenes? How do my kids REALLY feel about being stuck at home with our family?! What do they think I am having a hard…

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Read more about the article A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

  • Post published:May 1, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting/Podcast/Uncategorized
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Download Audiobook To all the mothers and fathers of young children who are struggling right now, I have a small gift for you—the Reading Small Talk podcast—that I hope might…

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Read more about the article How to Talk with Your Children (and Friends) about Faith Pt. 1

How to Talk with Your Children (and Friends) about Faith Pt. 1

  • Post published:May 1, 2019
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“I’m just not interested in the Bible,” Penny said a few weeks ago. “I will never understand how evolution and creation can both be true,” William has told me more…

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Read more about the article Eight Ideas to Help Your Child Develop a Love of Reading

Eight Ideas to Help Your Child Develop a Love of Reading

  • Post published:April 13, 2018
  • Post category:Books/Family/Parenting
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  Here are 8 ideas for how to help your child enjoy reading more than they do right now. (Lots of people asked me how Penny became such a strong…

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Read more about the article What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)

  • Post published:December 22, 2016
  • Post category:Faith/Family/Parenting
  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

I was grumpy for a few years. Maybe not every day. But most days. And at the core of my being, deep inside my heart, lay a stone, a slowly…

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