“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
We have the African Children’s Choir coming to perform at our church soon. Although that is something we would normally be excited to attend, in light of our recent decision to adopt an orphan from Africa, neither hell nor high water will prevent our attendance this year. About a week ago, our church bulletin noted [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2007 by Dove
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“Mommy, change my diaper please!” came the request from Lou, preceded by the telltale odor.
“Oh, are you poopy Sweetheart?”
“Yep! And my poopy’s right there!” with a firm poke to her own bottom.
Just in case I didn’t know.
Posted on January 30th, 2007 by Dove
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Hello, I’m Kelly, and I’m a Recovering Perfectionist. Or, I want to be a good recovering perfectionist. Or rather, I will begin my recovery when I’ve discovered the perfect and best way to go about it….
As long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to do things the “right” way. I’m a fairly black-and-white thinker [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2007 by Dove
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Pretty much without exception, divorce is a cruddy option as a means by which to end a relationship. It takes a relationship that was designed since the dawn of time to be a “till death do us part” engagement, and throws it out the window. Of course it is rarely that simple; we normally at [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2007 by Dad
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From July 23, 2006
My sister Jessy spent the night on our couch last night. She does this often, because when she’s visiting friends in the area, she’d often rather stay here and drive home well-rested in the morning than try to make the two-hour trip late at night, and we don’t mind at all. So [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Dove
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From September 14, 2006
Lou has spilled her green peas on the floor. (She and Bug like to eat them still frozen for a snack – no really, I promise!) She sits to pick them up, one by one, and put them back in her cup.
“Nine, four, two, one, six….”
“You’re doing so well counting those peas, [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Dove
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Ah, the waffle iron. One of those appliances you register for when getting married, because it sounds like fun and hey, ya gotta round out that registry somehow. But after the wedding, it sits in the back of the cabinet gathering dust. When you move, it never gets unpacked and is left in a box [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2007 by Dove
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Anyone wanna guess what today’s messmaking medium was?
Sunscreen.
Lots and lots of sunscreen.
Streaked through their hair, smeared up to their elbows, rubbed into baby brother’s ears, covering their clothes, slimed all over the kitchen floor and bottom cabinets, spattered up to the upper cabinets, you name it. And it was a mere travel-sized bottle! I have [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2007 by Dove
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From March 16, 2006
Classic parenting lesson: When the children are unnaturally quiet for
extended periods of time, ALWAYS investigate.
What a lovely morning. 8am and the girls were still asleep! Usually
they were up by 6:30, but today, not a peep from their room, and even
Satchmo was sleeping soundly on a blanket in the living room. Instead
of going [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2007 by Dove
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After my husband said that for the fiftieth time, I let him use his geek-skills and create a blog for me. Now, I make no promises as to post quality or frequency, but at least when I comment on your blogs now I have something to link back to.
In the meantime, I am going to [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2007 by Dove
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