For Isaac’s Confirmation

It is no small thing to talk about the child who made me a mother at age 24. Isaac’s cries, his coos, his giggles, his feet plumping up, taking one tentative step then another- these were the things that ushered in my adulthood. They were the soundtrack playing while I became more patient, a bit [...]

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Now, announcing spring and new life, it is Jesus, God and The Bible.

When I was in high school, I taught Sunday School to three year olds. One Easter Sunday, I asked the crowd assembled on red carpeted steps if they knew what Easter was about. Hair twirling commenced, as well as classic Sunday school answers such as “God.” “Jesus.” “The Bible.” There were also prolonged descriptions of [...]

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When the clouds roll in

More than anything else my children enjoy water play in the summer time. It is hands on, creative, messy and fun. The only source of stress to visit us on those hot summer days was under the spigot. The water source was a precious commodity. The boys vied for control over it, even while I [...]

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How to Cuss Like A Tank Engine

What with the world falling to bits, I thought it high time to school you all in some family friendly, G-rated cuss words. I know we all have our family favorites, so I do hope you will share in the comments. It isn’t possible to always keep our cusses so clean, but the news cycle [...]

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Atonement

I’ve alluded to this before, it being probably be primary reason I try to follow Christ. And, it has to do with forgiveness & the part where it isn’t all my job. Julie has an excellent post with discussion going on at her place for the Hump Day Mmm. The comments have been swimming in [...]

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7 years It’s not that I don’t know, but I do keep that knowledge at bay when I can. When I want. An abnormally warm and green fall held my memories hostage. The cool smell of rain on wet leaves released them to the air. Pumpkins on porches and fall festivals, all these incidentals to [...]

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The week taken to bits, part the second

Congratulate me, friends. Against all odds, we made it to Chess Club at the library yesterday, which meant bravely shifting nap schedules around for the sake of Thinker’s love of the game. As the much oldest child of our family lots of his passions seemingly fly out of nowhere from the perspective of my toddler-vision. [...]

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The week taken to bits, part the first

Monday – neurologist to assess if he may be having seizures – we probably won’t really find out, we’ll just talk about how we could find out and if we need to, etc. In other words the nice doctor will decide if I’m just a nervous mother, if he just likes to day dream or [...]

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I made up my own Earth Day, just for me!

I always look back in August. I always look ahead in August. This month in my family we have looked back and ahead in celebration of two birthdays (husband’s 35th and his dad’s 70-somethingth.) The week following we looked back at 9 years, or so, of consciously parenting -our oldest confirmed in his existence by [...]

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Something happened on the near periphery of my life. Something involving a child I knew just a little, just enough to know her name, to say hi, to wave to her parents in the car, really it was hardly there at all. The small connection tenuous from a time a friend of hers lived under [...]

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