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by Ruth Gyllenhammer
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happy birthday, handsome!

October 5, 2012
Today is this studmuffin's birthday!
I couldn't ask for a more patient, loving, kind, and all-around awesome husband.
Love you forever, boo!
Tags Shanghai life, birthday
← Shanghai, lately.Shanghai, lately. →
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Hi! I’m Ruth Gyllenhammer – wife, mom to three boys, & bookworm living in Orange County, CA. Welcome to this space where I write about faith + practice + creativity + family life + home interiors.

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Hanging with my best girl 💖
Call us what we carry:
sacred rhythms,
mindful silence,
small victories,
wild words.
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The beauty of motherhood
(is a) liturgy of the ordinary, 
the architecture of happiness,
adorning the dark.
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(In) the carrying,
(in) gluing the cr
Welcome to Hope Ranch 🥑🍊!
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(We bought a farm.)
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The short story:
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In January of 2022, I chose a word that I hoped would embody my year. That word: fruitful.
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In August, I wrote an essay about our dream to buy a p

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