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Matt Mooney

Matt Mooney

The Question

In light of the post below… What is one thing you wish someone would have told you prior to marriage?OR (In order to not discriminate against the singles)What is one thing you would really like to know before even thinking about marriage?

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8 years…longer than some

MM: I just found out that Ginny & Hazel will not make it home for another day. They are in New Orleans for a wedding, and Continental Airlines is deadset on proving their incompetency. OK, I will not go further down that road, as to keep the blog PG. It’s just one day, however, when you are expecting to pick them up in a couple of hours, it is frustrating. Ginny and I are quickly approaching our 8 year anniversary (April 28). I am one who thinks anniversaries are most definitely worth celebrating. Every since we hit around two weeks…

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a big deal birthday

today, Hazel is 6 months old. that may not seem like that big of a deal to some…kids turn 6 months all the time. but i assure you that to us, it is huge. our hearts leap in celebration of 6 whole wonderful months with eliot’s kid sister. gratefulness to the One who gives her & us breath & life & purpose are exploding from the Mooney house today. we continue to be very aware that we are “those parents”…who are unashamedly gaga over her & can’t take enough pictures. here are a few from today.Happy 6 month Birthday Hazel

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Stop the Insanity

MM: Was watching North Carolina put it to Michigan State, and decided to rip of the new neighbor’s internet and sneak in a post. We have been moving out of our rent house, living out of suitcases as the paint crew did their thing, and moving in to the new place. Couple that with traveling, and the Mooney family is one tired bunch. Quirky Question of the Week:Continuing with our weekly question and seeking your feedback, we’ll play a game of “you pick it”. We’ll provide two questions and you pick one or both and let us know what you…

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no more sudoku

Last night around 10pm, Matt, Hazel & I pulled into our driveway from a very long weekend & a very long week. We had the absolute HONOR & JOY of spending the weekend with the amazing folks at Spring Creek Church in Milwaukee, WI. We shared about Eliot & about what our lives of missing him are like now. We were blessed beyond words by the folks there…we pray & hope they saw more of God’s face through what He’s done in us. It’s been a while since I’ve flown anywhere. In the past, I have equated airports & airplanes…

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Weekly Question (please rename me)

Upon getting some great feedback from the question that was posed a couple of weeks back, we have been prompted to make a question somewhat of a weekly deal. Please leave your answer as a comment. Of course another option is to e-mail us your answer if that floats your boat, but we would love to allow others to see your feedback, and some of our best feedback last time came via e-mail. Also, we need some catchy, witty, trendy name for this deal…”weekly question” is the best we have come up with. Embarrassing. However, as Miss Thing has recently…

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rEcess

MM: The first Friday of each month, we get to be a part of a great night put on by 99 Balloons. “rEcess” is a 4 hour respite night for special needs families in Northwest Arkansas. It has become a guaranteed highlight of our month. We have been amazed to meet such great families and kiddo’s. Each week offers so much to learn as I look at these kids and at our volunteers who give up 4.5 hours on a Friday night to make a child’s week. It is without a doubt something we have not done, but, rather been…

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#7…We did it.

MM: If all good things must come to an end, how do you explain that this is too? Thanks for humoring us on this blog experiment of 7 posts in 7 days. We have enjoyed hearing from many of you and have even enjoyed racking our brains when we had nothing worthwhile to type. Great feedback is rolling in on the question posed in #6…please take the time to respond if you have not. It has truly been remarkable to hear of some altering moments in your lives. This post will be somewhat of a preview for the next blog…

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Your Turn (#6)

MM: Barely, beat the deadline, but still alive for 7 posts in 7 days. Obviously, no one other than us cares, but I am all about reaching a goal. Thanks for joining us. So now it is your turn. We are asking for some feedback. If you know me, then you know my mind is typically focused on a topic. Currently, I am working on a long-term concept with a friend of mine. We are exploring a few things, and it has been a great deal of fun thus far. Here’s where you (yes you) come in. Please leave a…

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Sorry if you have dial up (#5)

Possibly a little easier to remember, you can find us now at:   www.theatypicallife.com MM:  Since Ginny and I are both writing here now, we will both try to put the initials of the one posting.  However, it could be a fun game if we don’t. 7 Posts in 7 days: By now you may know, we are doing seven posts in seven days.  Although it has required some added thought to the typical day, it has been a fun adventure.  So, come back tomorrow….or don’t. Encountering Light: I recently spoke at our church.  As if blogging isn’t narcissistic enough,…

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Somebody See Me

By Matt Mooney | February 17, 2021

Matt & Ginny start the second half of season 1 with a seemingly simply question: What is a good life? An entire episode focused on the life of a man known as Bulldog– told through the eyes of his brother, Chris Wheeler. It is a journey of Chris beginning to see a person who was…

we are not our talents

By Matt Mooney | November 16, 2020

In the age of television talent shows galore, our hosts attend one that manages to flip the narrative of what a talent show is & could be. Chelsea, Jordan & Claire want to sing at the bEfriend talent show hosted by 99 Balloons, but to do so they will have to overcome their fear of…

we are not our bodies. Part 2.

By Matt Mooney | November 10, 2020

Matthew Lyle & Ginny Mooney continue the discussion of healing and the church by delving into the lives of their friends with disability who do not want to be healed, cured or fixed. When they stumble upon an article, written by Madeleine Ryan, entitled Dear Parents: Your Child with Autism is Perfect it is though…

we are not our bodies. Part 1

By Matt Mooney | November 2, 2020

When the loss of a child becomes a nationwide, prayer movement to #wakeupolive what does it say about the church and its relationship to healing? to suffering? In the first part of a two-part series discussing healing & the church, Matthew Lyle Mooney along with his wife, Ginny Mooney, set out to discuss the awkward…

summer

By Matt Mooney | June 12, 2015

Summer is here.  At 5, 6 and 8 we got rascals riding bikes and swimming at a skill level whereby we are not in constant stress.  I told Ginny sometime some summer not long ago that I was done going to pools.  With 3 that cannot swim alone, I can only act like I’m listening…

weekends with rascals

By Matt Mooney | April 20, 2015

I’ve worked hard to develop a new habit of carving out Monday mornings to sit and think and pray and grasp for some semblance of sanity before I cannonball into the week that will eat my lunch if I let it.  It’s a rebellious act of counter-intuition as weekends are supposed to be the very…

The Surface Dialogue Guidebook

By Matt Mooney | March 13, 2015

We’ve reached that point in these beloved Ozarks where we’re just all waiting around for the good weather.  We get all four seasons here; just enough of winter to know we don’t want to move north; which we needed no help knowin’.  Being bone-tired of Ole Man Winter being a hanger-on is all you’re allowed…

shifting gears

By Matt Mooney | February 5, 2015

I often look at my backside in the mirror. I move quickly past the place that you imagined I was seeking and find the splotchy spot just above the bend of my right leg.  It’s my biggest scar- remnants of days I spent riding my Honda 80 dirt bike for hours on end along the…

striving for a secret

By Matt Mooney | January 7, 2015

Check it out, Ginny & Lena are in the current edition of National Geographic.  A while back, a wonderful photographer followed our family around for a few days in order to capture photos illustrative of an article on brain development…fascinating article and wonderful pictures (we think).               _____________________________________ If…

from Fergie to Ferguson

By Matt Mooney | December 2, 2014

Against my better judgment, Ginny convinced me last Monday to sit beside her and watch the American Music Awards.  I begrudgingly complied- mainly due to the fact that I love her and if she invites me to sit close to her, I do it- every time.  I’m a sucker that way, but that doesn’t mean…