Embracing the breadth of the experience of being a parent and a human

Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jul 7, 2022

Once Upon a Simpler Time

Was it better, or just different?

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jun 7, 2022

I’m Hungry for a Different Meal.

One that truly satisfies.

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jun 23, 2022

I got plenty done on the day this was taken: I cared for a sick baby.

Every Day, I Fail to Get Things Done

Because I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Dec 22, 2023

Despair Dissolved into Buoyant Brine

A meditation on the depths of God’s love.

O Love that will not let me…

Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jun 13, 2022

Mental Health

Courage is Facing the Horror

But you do not face it alone.

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Aug 6, 2022

No Words.

I have no words to share, of late.

The only words I have are the names of diagnoses and conditions that roll around…

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jan 19, 2023

No Darkness Too Dark

Lift up your face. Open your eyes. Look around. What do you see?

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jun 2, 2022

Things I Haven’t Untangled

Things I haven’t untangled since we moved seven months ago: this pile of necklaces; the weeds from the flowers…

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jul 26, 2022

A mother holds her one year old baby, looking at him, while he looks at the camera.

The Heartbreak of Weaning is Near

Who will comfort me then?

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Joanna Rodriguez in Dust & Joy

Jun 4, 2022

Signs of Life

What do you see?

A gallery of construction paper drawings, each fastened to the school room wall with…

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Dust & Joy

Parenting is both harder and more beautiful than you expected. Let’s explore the challenges and joys of raising humans while remembering that parents are people, too.

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