Okay, we were going to go grocery shopping tonight and also pick up something for supper. Tim and Julia were outside playing, and from the looks of it, nearly rolling in mud. Woo Hoo, living it up. We called them inside, said put all the muddy stuff here in a pile. Change clothes, and then […]
Okay, we all know the winter has gone on far too long. It started early and nasty and hasn’t improved. Last week’s enormous, sloppy snowstorm was just too much. In an act of March rebellion, Jay never even shoveled the driveway. We revved the engine through it and then drove over the frozen ridges and
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This little girl was born yesterday, late in the afternoon. Here she and Maria are, checking each other out. See how Maria’s holding her face to face, copying the baby’s expression? There’s a name for that, though I can’t remember. It’s wired into how we relate to babies, and I love that. They both know
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Last weekend I sewed baby blankets, and this is the note Little Olive’s grandpa sent me today. I KNOW SHE THANKED YOU FOR THE HAND MADE BLANKETS. IT WAS SO NICE OF YOU TO PUT YOUR HEART AND SPIRIT INTO THAT. IT WILL COVER A LITTLE CHILD. THANKS FOR BEING OUR FRIENDS–YOU AN JAY ARE
see that glimmer of light? She was mad. Angrrrry. Lydia and m.c. wanted time alone, Friday. They wanted time to themselves, without her, little outrageous, scrappy, squirrely her. She was pretty insulted. In her huff she stormed and stomped, received some sympathy and also some suggestions that she forget about it and find something else
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ham it up, you cuties Okay, I heard it again yesterday, a person complaining about another’s bad behavior, “She’s just doing it for attention. Ignore her.” I’ve heard this line a million times. Where did it ever even come from? It’s shaming, insulting, a put-down. No, no, no, no, no. We could stop seeing wanting
A little bit terrible. Okay, this is the first story, not too terrible. After church this morning, (yes we did get there,) Jay was about to make sandwiches for the crowd. When he reached into the fridge and grabbed the mayonnaise, whoever had used the mayo before this had not screwed on the lid–not at
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Okay. Today was a quiet day, overcast and cold. I worked a while and wandered home, grabbed a cold leftover taco from the fridge and came in here to the computer to read the news. What’s happened in the old world so far today? I clicked the mouse, so the screen turned on, and suddenly
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It snowed all day and is beautiful out tonight, bright pink sky again, muffled air. Something strange happens when it snows and sounds are amplified, like how you can stand on the shore and hear a conversation in a boat way out on the lake? Like that. This picture is disappointing, cheap little camera. Nights
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that rip on her sleeve? caught it on the upstairs bathroom door hook. it happens. Okay, today we were hearing about a guy who is, well, okay, this isn’t nice…and we kind of had to pry to get at what’s the story. He’s described as a “douche.” (Umm. No comment on that adjective.) He CAN
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