my second grader. how did this happen?
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connor takes on a lemon
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This is a short story about the time (not so long ago) when Connor decided to eat a lemon. No, this isn’t the first time … but it may have been his last. Continue reading
leaving the legacy
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I’ve been wishin’ and hopin’, and thinkin’ and prayin’ … for about the last eight months or so that I would get at least another year out of my car. Unfortunately, I learned this week it was just not meant to be.
You see, I love to drive and up until my last couple of vehicles, it showed. Well, I guess it wasn’t my love for driving that showed so much as my love to drive quickly … and maybe, just a little stupid? Continue reading
reading lips
You know how its always a little concerning when your child’s quiet in the back of the car? Especially when they have your phone? No? Just me?
Connor likes to play several games on my phone. He’s also figured out how to find videos on YouTube. By the way … have you seen How Animals Eat Their Food? Hilarious.
Yesterday, he got quiet. I figured he was playing one of his games or looking through my photo album which is also sometimes scary. P.S. never screen shot workouts you think would be worth trying, especially if the workout is meant to improve the look of your behind with the details placed oh-so-perfectly over the contour of a woman’s behind. The next thing you know your son will be zooming in on it and sharing it with everyone … at church.
Anyway, we pulled in the garage and he asked me to look at what he’d created. He happened to open my new camera app and figured out how to take a video. He asked me if I could guess what he was saying (because he did it as ‘quietly as possible’) but he couldn’t help himself and blurted it out. I’ll let you watch and see if you can tell why he makes my heart melt.
Sorry my kid’s face is super-sized.
significant events
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It was funny. I read the 40th day in my devotional this morning and I thought, ‘how cool? i’ve made it through 40 days. that’s pretty significant, right? yay to the me.’
It’s not that 40 is ever really defined as a significant value, but it is repeated in the Bible a few times, e.g. raining for 40 days and 40 nights, Moses sitting on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights; and it’s commonly referred to as the number of times someone has to engage in an activity for it to be a habit … hence that ‘yay to the me.’ comment. Continue reading
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sweet, sweet claire.
meet drake
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I can’t recall a year in which I’ve gotten to hold so many babies. I feel like something happened last year … October-ish? Was there a snowstorm?
Anyway, the babies. They are in abundance. And they’re all beautiful. And I love getting in extra snuggles having the opportunity to capture their new-ness. Oh, and the love from their bigger siblings and moms and dads. Rocky and Kelly are two really sweet people who make beautiful children. And surely, Grady loves his baby brother. Continue reading
snapshots in time
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With the losses my friends, family and I have suffered this year, I’ve come to realize what I love most about this little photography hobby of mine. Continue reading
the people you meet and how you can help
So, just over eight years ago I learned I was pregnant with Connor. The year prior wasn’t easy. Becoming pregnant was a task in and of itself, but I was thankful when I found a group of women online on a similar journey. These women would become my “mommy friends.”
Sadly, that really is what I always call them. It’s just the easiest way to describe this deeply-connected, honest, loving, steadfast group of moms. We’ve moved around the InterWebs over the course of the past eight years. Our lives have all changed pretty significantly too, which I guess is to be expected for a group of 65ish people Many of us had more children; some of us got divorced; some of us got re-married; some of us went back to school and pursued new careers … all fairly common over that period of time. But, there were some events that none of us could have foreseen and those were the times that we all rallied around each other and I once again learned the capacity of human beings to care for one another.
Today, though, the focus is not on the group but on an individual whom I’ve come to love dearly. Her name is Mollie. Mollie is a single mom to three beautiful children. She is one of the most humble, sweet women I’ve ever “met”. (No, I’ve never had the opportunity to meet Mollie in person. She’s sort of an imaginary friend, but not. You know?)
Anyway, two years ago Mollie was diagnosed (quite suddenly) with Type 1 diabetes and she’s been facing some pretty severe side effects already. Her endo has recommended she get an insulin pump but unfortunately, she’s been denied by her state-provided insurance. You can read more of the story here.
Mollie posted the other night in our private Facebook group, not with a plea for money, but just that she’s been feeling so awful. Almost immediately, the mommy powers activated to start securing funding for this pump (they can cost upwards of $6,000). I just looked and her wonderful supporters have already raised about 1/3 of that. How amazing is that?!
I have a few people that read here. Would you read a little about Mollie and consider giving? I don’t ask for donations, well, pretty much ever, but I wholeheartedly believe that when a number of people commit small acts, big change can occur.
Thanks in advance for any support you could offer – even if it’s just spreading the word!
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a brand new ending 