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Here's a random collection of inspiring things I wanted to share...

Taproot - a new magazine I simply.must.have.
Stop For A Moment - a great reminder from The Family Dinner website
A Farmer in the Dell - love the recipes on this blog by a young husband and wife farmer team. Be sure to check out her Favorite Recipes page, including this Roasted Carrot Veggie Pasta and Cauliflower Pizza Crust that have me salivating. Must try this pizza as soon as we get some local goat cheese back in stock at Urban Acres!
The Dance - some beautiful thoughts on life and motherhood written by a Nashville mama. I don't know her personally, but I used to work with her husband at Mocha Club.
Marilyn Monroe's "diet" - love it.
Helpful, free printables from Ann Voskamp's website - on her main menu, select "Free Gifts For You". Then download the PDF "10 Real Helps for Really Busy Moms and 10 Prayers for Joyful Parenting." I have these framed in my bathroom. I don't try to digest both of the entire lists every day. Instead, I take one from each list every day. So, if today is the 8th of the month, I concentrate on #8 on each list for that day, and that's it.

Got anything inspiring to share?

This is by far my favorite Kindle screensaver. Shocker.

My Kindle was a generous birthday gift from Steven's parents. Before I had one, I never thought I'd appreciate a digital book reader. After all, I have pledged to read the printed word, and nothing can replace the smell, the feel, the comfort of a well-loved book's pages in my hands. However, as a nursing mom, I have to admit that holding the skinny Kindle in one hand and cradling my baby in the other has proven quite handy! It's easy to navigate the pages with one finger. There are tons of free books you can download. And I've been able to read so many more books this way.

So, what's on my Kindle right now? In true Christine style, my Kindle books are organized in neat little categories.

faith
The Mission of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson - currently reading
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp - read
Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss - read
Becoming a Woman of Freedom by Cynthia Heald

novels
Hannah Coulter: A Novel by Wendell Berry - read
Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes - read
The Journey Home by Michael Baron
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen
The Little Known by Janice Daugharty
Roseflower Creek by Jackie Lee Miles
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

biography & memoir
The Secret Holocaust Diaries by Nonna Bannister
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Unbillable Hours: A True Story by Ian Graham
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

poetry
These are only samples. After trying them, I think I'd like these books in actual bound form so I can underline and make notes...
Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver
Evidence: Poems by Mary Oliver
New and Selected Poems: Volume One by Mary Oliver

children
The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley - read

I'd love to know what you're reading...printed or digitally!