I’m at The MOB Society today, writing about what characteristic I hope David looks for in a wife: When we say “I do,” we don’t know what’s coming. We often go into marriage with rose-colored glasses. We believe our best days are ahead of us, and usually they are, but the best days are made…
Last night we went to Chili’s for dinner (yay for free kids’ meal coupons!). We go early so we can get a booth because it’s easier to keep James in a booth than in a chair. And he did a great job being in the booth, just not necessarily sitting in the booth. He had…
HUGE, exploding fist bump to Erin and Phil at Design by Insight for their work on redesigning Not Alone. It is bright, open, inviting, and friendly. Exactly what I wanted. An optimistic fist bump to oil pulling. I went to the dentist this week and he said I may need a root canal. That doesn’t…
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”…
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…