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In Sickness and In Health

August 19, 2010

As I walked up to the kitchen sink this morning, I was taken aback by the number of little plastic cups and fat medicine tubes covering the bottom.  I had cleaned everything in the sink before I called it a night, hadn’t I?  And almost as soon as I had had the thought, I remembered [...]

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Remembering

July 23, 2010

Sometimes it’s easy to forget. I look across the bed at my husband, tired from a long week at work, and recognize my own weariness.  Weariness, a feeling more common than not.  Talking has quickly given way to sleep. Who are these two people? Sometimes I look back at those two people, ten years younger, [...]

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A Tilt of the Head

July 2, 2010

Last night as I was driving home from a shopping adventure, I peered into the back of the van to see if the kids had fallen asleep, yet.  Based on the meltdowns and general unreasonableness, I knew what time it was without seeing a clock and that my kids were through for the day. Sure [...]

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Peace in Purpose

July 1, 2010

Crunching numbers that won’t bend. A laptop closes. Quiet tears of frustration on one side, a sigh of resignation on the other.  Two bodies lay in a divided space, still and tired. Throughout the next day, thoughts of each other pass back and forth, amidst dishes and meetings, children and proposals. Two parties carrying their [...]

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The Master’s Course

June 9, 2010

Last night I missed my husband and began thinking about our marriage.  In two weeks we will be married eight years.  Eight years.  I tried to think how long eight years really is, and my mind wandered to my college days.  I will have been married long enough to get two college degrees. I remember [...]

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The Haircut

January 6, 2010

I debated whether or not to write this post.  I mean, what’s so interesting about a haircut?  But this event hasn’t left my mind since it happened three nights ago.  When a thought stays with me this long, I know either God is trying to tell me something, or I have another writing topic brewing. [...]

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A Romance I Can Live With

November 2, 2009

I had a realization today, the kind of realization that stopped me mid-step and forced me to think about a whole chain of related ideas.  And to be honest, the realization scared me a little. My realization came on the tail-end of all my thoughts relating to why I hate most romance movies.  For one, [...]

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Quality of Life 2: In Need of Lighter Fluid

October 15, 2009

It was a typical Friday evening.  I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of my husband so we could have our ‘date night.’  I’m not really sure why I had gotten excited every Friday before; we never actually went anywhere and rarely had anything planned for the evening. However, something about the day ‘Friday’ gave me [...]

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