Education of the Pickwickian Blessings · Out and About with Mrs Pickwick

Too Many Tuesdays

It was a perfectly normal Tuesday morning in October. Mrs Pickwick packed five perfectly normal blessings onto the perfectly normal bus and sat down to her perfectly normal coffee, with a sigh of relief that it was such a quiet day with nothing at all she had to remember. Suspicion slowly edged its way in,… Continue reading Too Many Tuesdays

Out and About with Mrs Pickwick · Unbounded Domesticity

Mrs Pickwick Prepares for a New Kind of Battle

Mrs. Pickwick slipped into the mall, feeling a bit like a bandit, but also delightfully incognito, and strangely fearless behind her mask. She was just another anonymous customer in a blue gingham dress and Edwardian hairstyle popping into the local beauty supply store. No one ever need know who exactly Took Up Space and Asked… Continue reading Mrs Pickwick Prepares for a New Kind of Battle

Out and About with Mrs Pickwick · Unsure if We Are in Heaven...

Mrs Pickwick Checks Her Phone

Once, Mrs. Pickwick spent a blissful evening at choir rehearsal, completely uninterrupted by any little Pickwickian emergencies. Even Baby P’s bedtime came and went, and with no panic-stricken texts, or Baby himself delivered mid-rehearsal. How can this be? Mrs. Pickwick marveled at this delightful freedom, truly incredulous that her phone had remained silent from 7–9… Continue reading Mrs Pickwick Checks Her Phone

Out and About with Mrs Pickwick

Mrs Pickwick and the Unexpected Wedding Guest

Last weekend the Pickwicks had the grand excitement to attend a wedding. Fr Pickwick went early to organize the music, and Mrs Pickwick followed with the children. Keeping them clean and pressed and driving them through torrential rains to arrive on time to an unfamiliar church in an unfamiliar state was no problem at all.… Continue reading Mrs Pickwick and the Unexpected Wedding Guest