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Chloe

Wax and Wean

May 15, 2010

When she was brand new, her little hand would hug my pinky as our tummies touched.  As she grew, she let go of my finger to slide her hand on my side, a hand that was always cold and would cause me to catch my breath and arch my back for a brief second.  I [...]

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The Heart of the Matter

May 6, 2010

In honor of Mother’s Day, I am linking up with Lisa-Jo, a.k.a. the Gypsy Mama, to explore why moms matter. If you haven’t already, I highly encourage you to visit her website.  Not only is Lisa-Jo an incredible writer, but she has wonderful insight into pursuing a relationship with God.  You will be blessed by [...]

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A Poem to My Daughter

May 5, 2010

I was nervous before your arrival. The frustrations and fears I was carrying as I carried you– could that tension pass onto you? You didn’t give me time to think– sudden pain, a few pushes, and then perfection. Your sweet cry, little fingers and toes, I loved you before I knew you. With each month [...]

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In a Funk

January 11, 2010

If you decide to read this post, beware.  I don’t really have a plan for where I am going with this entry, but I needed to write.  I’m feeling a little sad today, and writing always helps.  Since it’s only 11:15 A.M., I want to start while I still have time to fix my mood [...]

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Quality of Life 1: Calling All Tree-Huggers!

October 8, 2009

I would love to say that my family takes care of the environment, that we are friendly to Mother Earth, but I know the mess I seem to clean in the bathroom every day has to be toxic.  When it comes to the dilemma of whether or not I allow my son to wash his [...]

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A Little Drizzle

October 5, 2009

Note to myself:  You actually wrote a good deal of this post last week but were interrupted many times from the kids and life.  Tonight is the first chance you had to finish.  Therefore, the ‘two Sundays ago’ and ‘yesterday’ and all time references aren’t accurate, anymore.  Oh, well.  You weren’t about to do the [...]

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Forget the Baby Book

September 24, 2009

I make a lot of good intentions.  One can witness this fact by the three baby books I bought for each child.  I don’t always follow through on these intentions.  One can also witness this fact when noticing Caleb’s baby book stops after one year, Hannah Grace’s is blank except for her birth announcement, and [...]

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The Morning I Knew My Husband Really Loves Me

September 17, 2009

I previously had the idea that my children conspire to make certain nights hellish for my husband and me.  I don’t think that they have a hushed meeting behind a closed closet door huddled around a flashlight while articulating their plan–that’s silly–our flashlight needs new batteries, and the baby can’t sit up.  I am leaning [...]

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I Didn’t Know…

May 11, 2009

Even after having three children within three years, I am finding out that there is a lot about my children and myself that I didn’t know. Leading up to the birth of Chloe a few days ago, I tried to prepare myself mentally for how the addition of a third child would affect Caleb and [...]

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The (In)Significance of Numbers

May 6, 2009

28 hours ago, baby Chloe wasn’t here.  I was at home, aggravated that both of my kids decided to forego their normal naps on a day when I really needed one.  38 weeks pregnant and grouchy, I was tired of the random contractions that I had had with each pregnancy that seemingly went nowhere, and [...]

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