Per this great post by Helen, my top ways to make and keep mom friends as a young mom (some don’t apply if you have a brand new infant). Let me know if you have others!!
Go to library baby time
Go to the mom group at church/temple/mosque/community center/etc.
Go to local playgrounds with your kids and talk to people
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I spoke with my pastor in his office for an hour yesterday. We discussed apostolic succession and Anglican history and my struggle to dig up the unhealthy roots of my evangelical past. I asked him point blank if I should stay Anglican instead of becoming Catholic. And, like a good pastor should, he didn’t offer simple answers; he asked me questions instead. He listened with empathy and humor, and challenged my thinking about my thinking.
“Christianity is a big manor house, Wendi,” he said. “Some…