I want to start a new way of recapping the week by giving a few virtual fist bumps. James recently learned to fist bump and passes them out generously while walking down the halls at church each Sunday. Everybody loves a good fist bump! Fist bump to my friends on Facebook who said “happy birthday”…
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We’re celebrating my 35th birthday today. Well, actually, we’ve been celebrating since Friday. That’s how middle children like to roll on our birthdays (to make up for all the lack of attention from our early years, or at least the perceived lack of attention). I’m smack dab in the middle of my thirties, the “tired…
Last week James had oral surgery: one tooth pulled, two baby root canals, and six teeth capped. He did great, but it wasn’t fun. This week we took him to a new doctor and he had to put on a hospital gown again. He was automatically suspicious and repeated, “It’s time to go please” before…
I recently attended a day of pampering for special-needs moms. At the event, this poem was read as each one of us came forward and church members poured water over our hands as they lifted up a personal prayer over us. I tried to track down the original author and couldn’t, but I wanted to…
February is a funny month. We often try to get through it as quickly as possible, which is easy to do since it’s the shortest. Here in PA, we’ve continued with the longest/coldest/snowiest winter ever, which makes me want it go as fast as possible. Another reason I want it to speed by–my birthday is…
