Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
I’ve been posting pre-written material for the last few days and living inside my own head a lot, for which I apologize. I’m way behind on emails I owe to people, too. On Monday, between the early church service and…
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In the first segment on this discussion on why someone might make the countercultural decision to have more than two children, I said that most people wouldn’t deliberately limit themselves to two friends, but most Americans nowadays deliberately limit themselves…
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Once again: I’m not writing for the already-decided. This series is aimed at families who end up at my weblog specifically looking for reasons it’s okay to have another child. The search query list tells me it’s a lot of…
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Well, it’s started. The serialization of Seven Archangels: Annihilation has begun today, as MindFlights Magazine posts the first chapter. Subsequent chapters will be posted on consecutive Sunday afternoons for the next 26 weeks. Or, if you’re impatient and need to…
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Complete Coverage has appeared both in the print edition and the online edition of an actual parenting magazine. This essay started out at twice the length for a book of humorous nursing tales that eventually got cancelled. It’s the first…
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Have I mentioned my Patient Husband and I are geeks of the first magnitude? Last night, after the Kiddos had gone to bed, the Patient Husband and I enjoyed some chocolate given to him by a co-worker. It’s Swiss chocolate,…
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I’m still shaking with relief that we’re going to have a baby in April and not a funeral. Very, very good stuff. 🙂 But now for some silly stuff: Preditors and Editors is having its annual voting for “best” in…
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This morning, we’re continuing the “reasons to have three children” series. To clarify: I’m not writing this for people who have already decided to have zero, one or two children. (Nor, really, those who have decided to have nine children.)…
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One of the nice features of WordPress is that I get a little statistics page telling me the search terms used to find my weblog. I’ve had a significant number of hits from people looking for “three kids” and “why…
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Just a quick note to let you know that my short story is up online with Mused, the magazine of Bella Online. They Do Not Spin is the story of a lawyer, his temp worker, and a job seeker who…
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