really first day of school

okay.  Thursday should have been titled “School orientation” not first day of school.
I discovered the difference today.
Thursday I got to go in with Ginny and play on the floor.
Thursday was only for an hour and I got to stay with Ginny.
Thursday we got to follow her around her classroom with a camera like paparazzi (or [...]

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ginny’s first day of “school”

Just a few short pics of Ginny on her first day at the ELP (Early Learning Program) at our church.
This is a two day-a-week, just 4 hours a day program that will allow Ginny to interact with other kids more, and get to play with toys that we don’t have around the house.  She will [...]

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jesus saves, over and over again

I can’t really tell you the scripture this comes from, but I am convinced that Jesus doesn’t just save sinners.
He saves me, every day, every moment.  Each time I turn to Him when I feel small, or petty, or discouraged, or angry.  He saves me from that and sends me in another direction.
Right now I’m [...]

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weird question

so, I’m sitting in a hard wooden pew.
At the funeral of a fine upstanding man of God.  His Granddaughter is one of my dearest friends and we needed to be there for her. But we also respected Grandpa, so it was a no-brainer.
My husband is sitting next to me holding Ginny.  Ginny is quietly sucking [...]

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9 months and counting

Ginny turned nine months old this weekend.
She is keeping us very busy.  But she has already developed a bad habit: she keeps getting me to skip church.  See her nap time is normally 9:30 or 10:00 to about noon.
Which means that if we go to church with her, we end up with a very cranky [...]

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humility of purpose

This past week a preacher I heard prayed this at the beginning of his sermon
“Lord may anything I say be forgotten as quickly as possible.  May anything YOU say through me be remembered and may it grow in the hearts of the hearers“
wow.
I want that kind of humilty of purpose.  Too often I want to [...]

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ginny’s first easter

Ginny’s first Easter.  It was pretty calm as major family holidays go.
She is too young to understand any of it.  But the grown ups in her life had fun pretending it was special to her.  Really it was just special to us that she is in our lives now.
Thank you Mel & Steve and thank [...]

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bragging on Ginny

alright.  I am going to brag on my child.
It is going to be sickeningly sweet and gushy.  If you don’t want to read it you don’t have to.  But I’m a mom and it is good for me to occasionaly wax eloquent about my darling child.  Ask Missy over at It’sAlmostNaptime.  This was her idea.  [...]

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update on Ginny’s RSV

okay, we saw the doctor Wednesday and she said that Ginny was very very much improved and that she is gonna be fine.
the big thing now is to keep from re-infecting her, or adding any new infection on top of the one she has just fought off.
So Martin and I are sort of in a [...]

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Journey to Bethlehem

These just arrived from our Journey to Bethlehem photo shoot back in December. Ginny got to be baby Jesus in the official photos

and then Martin and I (since we were in costume anyway) got to step in a get a couple shots with her as well. Never in my wildest dreams did [...]

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