any day a beautiful change: Quality Aunting Time

5.04.2007

Quality Aunting Time

I am having a seriously wonderful time with my nieces. Even the one who isn't quite born yet.

Lily is a little shy, but today she went kissin' crazy. She gave each of us multiple kisses with her big, smooshy toddler lips. My heart melted.

Maddie made my heart sing when it was her chance to pick the music - she suggested Johnny Cash.

And Gracie. That child may be a wee one, but she is strong. She's all about the rough and tumble. Her newest game is to fling herself around in my lap so that it's all I can do to stop her from catapulting to the floor and breaking her neck. Gracie makes my heart race.

This picture is not remotely posed. It takes all my strength to preserve her little vertebrae.

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MarieMay 04, 2007
hilarious :)
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more cows than peopleMay 04, 2007
what a picture! what a blessing to have this time!
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erinMay 04, 2007
Looks like BIG fun. They're lucky to have you. I follow your sister's blog too and love reading about the girls antics.

By the way, thanks for your comment the other day about the photo stealing. I'm sure the sermon stealing was horrible too. Christian Century actually had an article about that last week...did you see it? It's definitely worth checking out. If you don't get it, let me know and I'll send you our copy.

Take care.
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ppbMay 04, 2007
I LOVE that picture.
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MissyMay 04, 2007
This made me laugh out loud!
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Helen HasselMay 04, 2007
Hello My love! Sounds like you all are having a blast! Maybe Elizabeth will deliver on Saturday! That's Michael's Birthday! Miss you!

Helen
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bananaMay 05, 2007
i love toddlers!!!
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lindseyMay 07, 2007
You should post this picture on your flickr page.
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Advance Praise for Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family

“I expect a good memoir to be wise and funny. A good pastoral memoir should bear witness to God’s goodness. I don’t normally expect one chapter to force me to read another, or to care so passionately about characters. The glory of this one, in particular, is its incarnationally-shaped bodiliness. We have a new writer to whom we must pay attention.”
Jason Byassee, author of The Gifts of the Small Church, senior pastor of Boone United Methodist Church, and Fellow in Theology & Leadership, Duke Divinity School.

“Pershey writes beautifully about hard things. This is not so much a book about ministry as it is about life. She examines her motherhood, her marriage and her ministry as they are all unfolding, in their tender beginnings, all three, works in progress. Despite being a memoir of faith, this honest book is a sanctimony-free zone.”

Lillian Daniel, author of This Odd and Wondrous Calling and senior pastor of First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn.

"In Any Day A Beautiful Change, Pershey shows us with candor and grace how motherhood, the chaos and delights of family, marriage, and our bodies enrich our interpretations of ministry, scripture and liturgy. I’m especially grateful for this memoir as a woman who has experienced pregnancy in the pulpit, but it is a gift for anyone who longs to reflect deeply on life and the church. It’s funny and honest and wise."
Debbie Blue, author of Sensual Orthodoxy and From Stone to Living Word and Founding Pastor, House of Mercy

"Katherine Willis Pershey walks alongside all of us who delight in Eat, Pray, Love, but yearn for a reflection on a different sort of path. With theological depth and insight, Pershey struggles with the passions of life, the heartbreaks of relationship, the worries of parenting, and the truths of vocation. Through all the twists and turns of her emerging marriage, ministry, and motherhood, she leads us to glimpses of reconciliation and wholeness."
Carol Howard Merritt, author of Tribal Church and Reframing Hope and a pastor at Western Presbyterian Church

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5.04.2007

Quality Aunting Time

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