emotionally fragile today

no real reason I guess. Just in a weird frame of mind.
too much stuff in my head and heart. Nothing tragic, so don’t freak.
bad hair cut, not really “feelin’ the love” at work right now, just finished reading a very emotionally difficult story about a woman who carried her baby for quite a [...]

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Gratitude (week 6)

The sounds of silence
This morning as I lay in bed I was struck by the sounds in my quiet home
51. the whisper of my husband’s hand running up my arm as he tries gently to get me to wake up
52. the relief when either one of us hits the snooze button
53. the [...]

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praying for the Chapmans, and “my” baby

okay, this is so un-original this week, but I’m praying for the Chapmans.  Especially the son.  Oh that boy has got to be in agony right now.
The weird part for me is that although I was sad for them, none of this really hit me in the gut till I read on the Chapman’s blog [...]

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out of sync

This whole weekend my hubby and I both felt out of sync. With each other and the world in general.
I was grumpy and he was just….not all there. It was weird. We weren’t communicating well. Nothing disastrous, just little things that didn’t go as planned and we couldn’t quite adjust.
I was [...]

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Gratitude (week 5)

41. the cold sweetness of ice cream (or in my case, frozen yogurt)
42. friends. Bloggy ones, in-person ones, work ones, long distance ones. All kinds. The kind wishes and heartfelt joy that my friends of all kinds have expressed over our good news this week has amazed and humbled me.
43. [...]

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screaming fans

I had a “screaming fans” moment last night and for once in my life it wasn’t me screaming about some star.
It was the choir screaming for joy when Martin announced during the praise and prayer time that
“We are having a baby!”
And the whole place went absolutely WILD.  Normally staid adults screamed, jumped up and down [...]

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God’s ways are higher than our ways

My boss seriously frustrated me yesterday. He had promised to go with me to take lunch to our newest faculty member at her new home as she moves in. But then he turned out to have too many meetings and had to beg off. Major problem with that: I didn’t have a car with me. [...]

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My Man

Game of Tag…All About My Man
1. Who is your man? Martin
2. How long have you been together? since Sept 2002

3. How long dated? We got engaged in August 2004. Married July 30, 2005
4. How old is your man? 38
5. Who eats more? he does
6. Who said “I love you” first? He [...]

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when not to talk

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Ephesians 4:29
I notice that this doesn’t say “don’t have unwholesome thoughts”. It only says not to let them escape your lips. I need [...]

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Prince Caspian, review

**** spoiler alert****
If you haven’t read all the Narnia books, you may want to skip this post
Okay. We went to see Prince Caspian this weekend. Friday actually. We could have gone to the late show Thursday night to catch the very first showing possible, but I’m glad now that we didn’t. [...]

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