halloween, not according to plan

The original plan for Halloween this year was for us to go up to Knoxville for an award that was being given to a friend.  We wanted to be there to congratulate her and a lot of our friends up there haven’t seen Ginny ever and we’ve been wanting to catchup with folks.
That plan got [...]

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good elves in Dallas

God knows what he is doing.  I have a good story from this weekend in my head, and until it gets committed to paper (or pixels) it will continue to percolate at the front of my mind.  God knows this about me and He knows that I needed to keep those highlights from the weekend [...]

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somewhere there is a man…..

Somewhere there is a man…
Who is cursing my name.
How do I know?  Well.  There is a story.
A couple of weeks ago Atlanta had a flood. You may have heard about it.  Creeks and rivers washed over bridges, roads fell apart.  Every where if a road was low lying, it was swamped.
Two days after the flood, [...]

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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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three steps forward

I don’t have photos of it, cause I was too busy watching it happen, but
Ginny took three unsupported steps on Saturday.
She stood up in the middle of her nursery, balanced, then took three slow, controlled, steps toward her toy cabinet. Then she stopped,  stood still for a moment, and sat down.  I was very surprised [...]

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renewing the gratitude list

months ago I was posting a list of ten things to be grateful for every week.
Sometimes it was simple stuff, like oatmeal cookies.
Sometimes I tried to be profound.
I got lazy after a while and stopped posting those lists.
Well today, in the face of my husband losing his job to the concept of  “reductions in force”  [...]

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surviving the summer heat

As you love your children, please go read this post. Now.
thank you Missy for having the courage to share this with the rest of us.

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run the race, or hobble, whatever

Perseverance.
Just keep running. Or walking, limping or even crawling along.
Even when you can’t see progress.
Even when you don’t know if you are doing any good.
Even when no one is thanking you.
Even when it all seems hopeless.
Just. Keep. Going.
Long after you have stopped asking “why?”
When your shoes wear out.
When the strength seems to just be gone.
You [...]

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i am not worthy

not long ago I was at a concert and raised my hand
“yes, I will sponsor a compassion child“
I clutched the packet with a child’s photograph in it and briefly regretted that I was letting God pick the child for me instead of searching the Compassion website and picking one for myself.  But I reminded myself [...]

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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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