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In the interest of my last Poison Control post I thought I put up another more important one.
While I was pregnant with Little G, D and I went to one of the “You’re pregnant here’s some free stuff” fairs at our local hospital. Lots of goodies and good information.
One of the most […]
Continue Reading →How is it that families can get to that point where no one says I love you.
My guess is that they don’t even notice. Slowly in little ways the threads of love are stretched. Fraying and pulling. And when they snap no one even notices. At some point you […]
Continue Reading →While I was pregnant with Little G, I read an amazing devotion written by Lysa TerKeurst. I encourage you to head on over and read it also. This devotion gave words to what my heart was feeling.
How is success measured? I think this is a question that […]
Continue Reading →Perspective is everything. Unfortunately this took me 3 years of marriage to learn. I can still remember the exact moment D and I figured this out.
For a few weeks D and I had been having discussions about where things were in the house. I could not for the life of me figure out […]
Continue Reading →Every parent has a different style. Every parent has their reasons and their inspiration.
My inspiration in parenting comes from my faith. Yes, some of it from my parents but mostly from my belief in a higher right and wrong.
I believe that people are fallible and flawed. I do not believe there […]
Continue Reading →Last night in my I am so smart…I am so smart (picture Homer Simpson here) –ness I left my wallet at work. Not only did I leave it there but I unlocked my desk drawer to help out the would be thieves. Isn’t that nice of me?
After trying to call […]
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I’ve alluded to this in the past, but I truly believe in parenting by being an example. My short stint as a nanny and years of working in youth ministry have taught me the importance of "preaching what you practice."
As a new mom I can see this principle at work, even without me […]
Continue Reading →This is one thing that has really been nagging at the back of my mind. Obviously I wonder what kind of parent I will be, what do I want to be and how do I get there.
D and I have a dog, Coco. We have had her for about 3 years. Coco is […]
Continue Reading →Today I came across a really interesting article about kids using borderline curse words. Words like sucks, hate, frickin, God and even Jeez.
You might think that this isn’t something I need to worry about right now as Little G is 6 months old. You would be wrong.
This article really got me […]
Maybe you have the child that sweetly drifts off to sleep when they are tired, maybe. But, I bet that isn’t the case. It certainly wasn’t for me.
When Little G was a newborn he only slept for 5 maybe 6 hours…total! He cried and cried his cute little head […]
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