Winter Love
I do not typically love winter, but I do believe I’ve found a new winter love. I’ve know for a long time the only real way to survive the...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Jim & Sid. Forever.
It’s official. “Jim & Squid Forever” according to the letter board propped amongst Champagne glasses and plated cheesecake on a festive...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Acknowledging a New Year
I believe I’ll declare this the official first day of my new year. This exceptionally white January morning, draped in quiet. My husband...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Dec 17, 2022
- 3 min
Covenant Wedding(s)
33 years ago yesterday I made a covenant commitment to my husband, Kyle. We were two kids, getting married. Holding hands, giddy. We got...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Who Does God Love?
Who does God love? Or restated. Does God love everyone? When this question first came up during a gathering of friends earlier this...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
A Candle for Barb
One of my dearest friends has passed from this earthly life into eternity. And even though she’d lived long, was into her ninth decade,...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
Forget About Winter?
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” Genesis 8:22 Two of my...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
Warrior Son
My second son was born a warrior. Luke was my sword-wielding castle-loving knight-in-shining-armor. His bedroom was a fortress, and he...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
BoyMom Updates!
Eight years ago, almost exactly, I started blogging as “BoyMom.” I told my stories of faith, family, and international adoption, and to...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Use Your Superpower!
After 2 1/2 years of being out of country…48 hours of international travel…two delayed flights and a missed connection…our son Felipe is...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- May 24, 2022
- 3 min
Paradox
I looked up from my plate of fish tacos, partial smile, aware of tears. “I guess it’s possible to hold two competing emotions at once.”...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Tale of Two Stories
If any of you follow Ann Voskamp, and you have read her newest book, Waymaker—and if you have also been reading my blog for any length of...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
A Song Gift
Apparently March is the season for travel. I will have loaded and unloaded my suitcase three times in less than a month, just as the...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
KINDNESS
Kindness seems to be trending. I’ve been seeing the word on t-shirts, and the titles of so many books. Yesterday I walked past a daycare...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Mar 16, 2022
- 4 min
Braver and Stronger
I wasn’t so sure about hiking the Grand Canyon. It was my husband’s idea. His bucket list. A dream since we’d been there when the kids...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
Unofficial Birthday Post
I guess this is an unofficial birthday blog post. Unofficial, since I used to write these on the regular back in the BoyMom days, but not...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Prayer for Light
We talked to Felipe last evening, in a FaceTime call, toward the end of the day. And I continued to see him, throughout the night, in my...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3 min
But Look!
“Kyle can do just about anything.” I commented, and my newest neighbor nodded in agreement. She’s already received my husband’s help on a...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Jan 5, 2022
- 3 min
New Year & Nine
I’m not sure which was the bigger surprise—that my mom knew about the Enneagram, or that she self-identified as a One. One being the...
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Sonya Leigh Anderson
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
Country Love Song
Every once in a while I like me some country music. Maybe it’s my country girl roots, and the barn dances Uncle Lonney used to host when...
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