Sure doesn\’t seem bring out the best in me. At least not like in my dreams. Before becoming a mom I had beautiful dreams: of patience and giving calm guidance; cooking with children under toe — gleefully letting my cherubs crack the eggs and measure the flour; holding hands with my offspring and joyfully answering [...]
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Critical Thinker…
After sitting on Santa\’s lap a few weeks ago, my son asked, \”Why does Santa always talk different?\” He later asked, is Santa everywhere?\” I guess Joel is a bit more of a critical thinker than I thought. Oh the guilt and the controversy! He still believes, but I did tell him only God can [...]
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Coudn’t Stop Myself…
Well, I did it. I mailed a Christmas picture card. It was actually quite simple compared to years past. Paul and chose the pics. Paul organized them to fit in the Costco picture card format. We sent it (technology can be wonderful) and I picked up the cards the next afternoon. While watching a movie [...]
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Enjoyment
I went to one of my mom\’s group leader meetings a couple of weeks ago. As part of our meetings, we go through a small Bible study together. The question was asked, \”Do you think God enjoys us?\” Hmmm… The thoughts that swam through my mind flashed my my sinful heart – my true intentions, [...]
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Annual Christmas Letter or Not…?
My New Year\’s resolution for 2004 was to SLOW DOWN… As I review this past year I see I missed the mark – by choice and other times by circumstance… I am still debating whether to write a Christmas letter, or to simply direct all who are interested to my blog. Our year was just [...]
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OUCH!
I finally did it. After 32 years of avoiding deep cuts I finally joined the club Sunday afternoon… I had to get stitches! Imagine a woman intently cleaning her house. Her house is to go \”on the market\” the following day. She is busy and deliberate, careful to not skip a beat as there is [...]
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