We were having a quick bite to eat tonight. Ellie was being helpful and wanted to get out the bowls for our mac and cheese, corn, and salad. She didn’t believe me at first that this divided plate is really just like a bowl. She cracked up and walked around for several [...]
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goofy Adjective How to motivate an 8 year old…Tell her that if she can get all of her schoolwork finished by tomorrow she won’t have to take any work to Indiana while visiting Mimi and Papa for Thanksgiving for a whole week! The pencil was flying! whether we adopt a boy or a girl. I will be thrilled with a third girl to round out our princesses or I will be thrilled to use blue in our nursery and watch Ryan toss a football with a son. But, I am beginning to believe Ryan really, really needs a boy. It [...] One Child, Two Mothers One mother who waits, and wonders, anticipating how this New One will fit into the rhythm of her family. She is bound in hope, and love, and tenderness for this new child. They will live together in the here now and also in the promise of the future. Another mother whose [...] It is a beautiful day in Missouri, but a bit chilly. The kids, and Daddy, were outside playing on the swing set enjoying the sunshine. When the girls came in they were sure they needed hot chocolate (with lots of mini-marshmallows) to warm up. Ellie couldn’t remember what it was called [...] Ryan has traveled a ton this summer/fall for work and even for ministry. It has been a little crazy having him gone so much and it has worn on each of us at one time or another. He just booked our flights to Florida to visit his family over Christmas. I have been bracing [...] My girls are enjoying playing together and being together a lot these days. My sister is only two years older than me and most of my childhood memories involve she and I being together. I always liked being the tag-a-long behind my two older siblings (not sure if they were so wild about [...] Ellie and I were looking at a publication today by a ministry who works in several parts of the world to help children and orphans. (My sweet friend, Sheri, will be going to Ethiopia early next year with this group to minister to young girls who have been rescued from the sex trade.) There was [...] A couple of nights after Hannah turned eight I had a very realistic dream that she had just left for college. I even woke up thinking that I should call my neighbor whose daughter went off to college last year for advice. I WAS SO RELIEVED to realize that she is only eight! I have another [...] |
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