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The Cost of $20

September 8, 2010

When I got strep throat, I began to fear my $25 copay multiplying if the kids got sick, too.  And that was the extent of my worry.  Last Friday I wanted to post another “Focus on it Friday” saying how thankful I was for the quality healthcare that my family can receive, but really my [...]

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Four Hours to Clarity

August 24, 2010

Sometimes a girl has to drive four hours away to gain clarity about the realities under her nose…. As we sat every night sipping hot tea with honey and nibbling delicate cookies, our conversation fell right in step with where it had left off a year or so ago.  I found comfort in my friend’s [...]

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Why I’ll Still Call Myself a Christian

August 11, 2010

Last week Anne Rice, the best-selling author of Interview with the Vampire and the subsequent sequels part of The Vampire Chronicles, stirred up some controversy among the Christian community when she posted to her Facebook status that she was quitting Christianity.  Rice had previously been an atheist and later became a Christian, joining the Catholic church. [...]

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Nothing Wasted

August 6, 2010

Last night as my birthday date came to a close, I lay in bed thinking about the last 31 years.  I was overwhelmed by the goodness of God.  I compiled a mental list of all my blessings, a list I have chosen to keep between God and me, and I realized what a full 31 [...]

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More Beautiful With Age

August 5, 2010

It’s all downhill from here.  At least that’s what a new study from QVC initially had me think.  The study finds that women are most attractive at age 31, and since that big day is here for me, I best enjoy the year. I can agree with part of the survey–at 31 I’m happiest with [...]

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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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A Lesson from Galarraga

June 3, 2010

I don’t watch a lot of baseball on TV.  I love the sport, but I don’t want to devote three hours to anything, not with the mound of chores I always have to do.  If I do watch baseball, I’ll watch an Atlanta Braves game, so the fact that I caught the ninth inning of [...]

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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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Enjoying the New Carpet

March 17, 2010

4 spit-up spots + 3 pee-pee accidents + 2 poop stains + 1 pink silver polish incident = 10 reasons why we should not have gotten new carpet! Of course, Matt and I knew what we were getting into, and in fact, always said that we would NOT get new carpet until all of our [...]

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