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Don’t Blink

August 16, 2010

I watch as the little boy who, days before, wouldn’t go in the deep end unless every buckle on his red Lightning McQueen life-jacket was secured and tight now swam freely. I watch as the little girl who, days before, was afraid to go in this same deep end, secured with life-jacket and Daddy’s arms, [...]

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On Any Given Day

August 2, 2010

I lay on her bed, frustrated at the events of the day.  Sundays were supposed to be our day, our day for church, family, and relaxation.  Instead, everything was in a constant state of frenzy from the moment we woke up until right then, as I was trying to get my daughter to go to [...]

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Catching the Laughter

July 16, 2010

Sometimes I wish for them to grow up, to age one more year and gain a little more sense, a little more independence. And other times, I watch as a sudden spirit of carefree blows in and tickles their toes, pushing them off their bottoms, creating a primal urge to shed clothes, innocence throwing off [...]

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Finding a Moment of Thanks

June 25, 2010

As I woke up this morning, I immediately was thankful for a new day.  To say that almost all of the 24 hours of yesterday was horrible would not be that much of an exaggeration.  Even after the day should’ve been over, Hannah Grace repeatedly came downstairs while Matt and I tried our best to [...]

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Sweating and Swimming

June 23, 2010

As a mother of three kids very close together in age, I’m constantly facing the internal struggle of whether or not to leave the house with my children.  I want them to enjoy their childhood and experience story time at the library, free summer movies, and play dates, but I also don’t want to kill [...]

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Fearless

May 26, 2010

I had no intention of doing any more than dangling her little feet in the water.  I thought the newness of cool waves lapping at her feet, sand squishing between her chubby toes would suffice.  It was early evening, so I hadn’t even changed the baby into her swimsuit; the sun would go down, and [...]

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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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Sweaters and Rabbits

April 14, 2010

Today was a beautiful spring day. The sky was bright blue and cloudless, and the temperature was perfect.  The kids had their good and bad moments today, but the time we spent outside playing baseball while admiring the flowers and little buds appearing in our vegetable garden helped those bad moments to fade… …until bedtime. [...]

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10 Indications that Your Husband is Away on Business for the Week

April 12, 2010

10. 15 minutes after stumbling out of bed, you catch your son sucking down Infant Tylenol–you know, the one with the child-proof cap. 9. You run down the stairs dressed but in bedroom slippers with your make-up half done in order to take out the trash, hoping to catch the garbage truck as it loops [...]

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Reasons You Will Not Win Mother-of-the-Year

April 8, 2010

10. For the second year in a row, you promised to dye Easter eggs with your kids and didn’t get to it.  In order to make up for this failing, you sat your two oldest kids in front of The Ten Commandments at 9:00 P.M. while you boiled some eggs.  Your kids are 4 and [...]

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