“Mommy, I’m a pickle!” “You’re a pickle??” “No, a bick-gull!” “A what???” “I’m a BIG! GIRL!” Oh. “Yes, you are Sweetheart!”
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Dove
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A what?
Sick
Lou enters the room with a turkey baster tucked into her armpit. I have to inquire. “I’n takin’ my tentaper.” “Oh, are you sick?” “Yeah, feel my head, I have a beever.” Can you tell we’ve been sick? What with all the beevers, tentaper-taking, fussy-clingy-ness, oh, and the lymph node the size of a cantaloupe [...]
Posted on March 9th, 2007 by Dove
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Answered prayer
So much of the time when I pray, in my head I’m picturing how I think God should answer my prayer. I understand that sometimes God says no, but if he says yes, I always assume it will match my mental picture. Growing up I prayed a lot for my parents. I prayed that God [...]
Posted on March 5th, 2007 by Dove
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“Please?”
While cooking with my two- and three-year-old daughters the other day, one of them requested to hold the huge chef’s-knife-of-DOOM. (E is a cutlery snob and we registered for and received a very nice set of knives for our wedding.) (He wishes me to include here that he is, after all, the Paternal Ninja, and [...]
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by Dove
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