A fate worse than death
In the Garden, Adam and Eve are told not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, or they will surely die. They chow down anyway. This morning, it occurred to me that the first person to die…
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pregnancy, and an unexpected benefit to being different
I had an appointment with the midwife, who says Kiddo#4 is doing well. Kiddo#4 may even be a bit large (which is good; I always wanted a nine and a half pound baby) and by all accounts I’m doing fine…
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Prayer and feelings
There are some times in my life when I’ve felt an utter frenzy about the thing I’m praying for. I’m not talking about “Dear God, please let me prove winning the lottery won’t ruin me!” but things that are good…
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I miss my Grandma
This is dumb, because I don’t cry at sad movies or for sad books. And here I am with tears in my eyes. The Kiddos won’t grow up with that sense of being American-And. They’re American, and although I’ve carried…
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prayer request
A mom on a parenting forum I frequent just lost her baby. I believe she was at term. This is totally unexpected. Please pray for D. and her family as they deliver their little one. I don’t even know what…
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more overthinking “The Lorax”
Yesterday I beat The Lorax to death and pulled out symbolism that might have left Dr. Seuss shaking his head. Fun, huh? Let’s do it again. The more I read the story, the more compassion I feel for the Onceler….
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ten million crows
One of those days, you know. I opted to take the one-hour glucose challenge for this pregnancy, but I went all space-cadet on what “one hour before the blood draw” means, so I ended up drinking the orange goop half…
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Overthinking “The Lorax”
Keep in mind that THIS is what happens when you take someone with a dual-degree in English and Religious Studies who went on for an MA in English, and then you have her read The Lorax a hundred times. If…
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Indeed, why have three children?
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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a Christmas moment: holding Jesus
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post something this personal on my weblog, so I wrote this planning to leave it in drafts for a while. Maybe forever. But then I shared it on an online group, and someone…
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