“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Here’s the passage that’s given me the most trouble in guiding my behavior toward my mom.
“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Dove
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When you compliment my kids, please don’t tell them they’re cute. Don’t go on about how beautiful they are, or talk about Lou’s shiny blonde hair or Bug’s adorable brown curls. Don’t talk about Lou’s smile, or Doozer’s green eyes, or Bug’s sultry eyelashes.
Or if you do, make sure it’s infrequently.
My kids are gorgeous. They [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Dove
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My husband’s love language is “meatloaf.” Somehow Dr. Chapman saw fit to not include this language and recipe in his popular books, so I’ve had to figure it out on my own. I now have several different meatloaf recipes that I cook up on occasion, especially when E has had a tough work week or [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Dove
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Armed with a shoe and a roll of toilet paper, no insect is a match for JUNEBUG THE BUG-SLAYER!
Beware, dastardly bugs everywhere, for JuneBug the Bug-Slayer is ever-vigilant, ever watchful! She can spot you in the darkest corners, in the highest crevices, and with a loud cry of “It’s a BAD ROACH!” she will run [...]
Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Dove
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In the world of adoptive parenting, the term “preferential adopters” generally refers to those who adopt before having biological children. Another definition says they are those who adopt for reasons other than infertility. Still another definition says they prefer adoption to birthing as a means of adding children to a family.
None of these definitions satisfies [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Dove
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The girls currently share a full bed, but as soon as we move, they’re each getting their own twin bed. Here’s why:
(JuneBug is Bert and Lou is Ernie)
Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Dove
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We plan to homeschool our children. Our oldest are only three years old, so I’m trying to get a head-start on planning which general approach we will use. I am gravitating toward the Charlotte Mason method, because it seems to most closely match my own educational philosophy, even though I’ve never sat down and outlined [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Dove
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A lot of my regular reads are discussing abortion right now. I know where I stand (abortion is always wrong), but I find it enlightening and somewhat brain-frying to read blogs of pro-abortion folks. I like to understand their perspective and reasonings, though.
Until today I had forgotten one aspect of how deeply abortion could have [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Dove
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Me: “Hey girls, what do you think we should name the baby?â”
Bug: “Hmmmm — I think ‘Lou!’”
Me: “Awww, silly, we already have a Lou in our family!”
Bug: “Oh.”
Lou: “I think ‘Doozer!’”
Me: “But we also have a Doozer already!”
They’re catching on that this is funny, and that they’re making a joke.
Bug: “How ’bout ‘JUNEBUG!’”
Me: Sigh.
Can you [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Dove
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Sometimes I come across a passage in the Bible that just doesn’t make sense to me. I read, re-read, cross-reference, search my books, ask my husband, and particularly when it’s in the gospels, cry out, “How could Jesus have said that? What in the world does he mean?”
For as bright as I like to think [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Dove
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