I sit down "for five minutes" to check my email only to look up forty five minutes (or so) later and berate myself for having wasted so much time. I think about all that I could have gotten done  if only the silver machine with the glowing face hadn't distracted me and get up from... Continue Reading →

Several times a day every day for about two weeks, Elijah and Joel acted out the story of Jesus' death, burial, resurrection and ascension; they would take turns, one being the Roman soldier and the other being Jesus, quoting lines from the Bible I didn't even know they knew. One day they were on round... Continue Reading →

Our culture is obsessed with a standard of "beauty" unattainable to most women, and the few that do make the cut eventually grow old and all "beauty" fades away. Many of the ones that feel they don't measure up will either struggle with low self-esteem or self- hatred and spend their lives trying to be... Continue Reading →

So I haven't written a post in a while even though many have been created in my mind as I'm falling asleep, bathing the baby, folding laundry. Even though they haven't yet been written, one day they will. Let's see, I've "blogged" about my birthday, parenting, family members, funny kid stories, prophetic words, out of... Continue Reading →

With my first baby, getting up in the middle of the night was a torture my pampered, 20-year old self barely endured - sometimes bravely, most times not. Each mid-night cry would produce an agonizing, sinking feeling that I would never sleep through the night again - ever! With baby number 2 it wasn't much... Continue Reading →

For those who haven't heard this birth story, and for my online journal, here is a recount of Izaac's birth.  After having been to the hospital at 34 weeks pregnant with pre-term labor, I was afraid Izaac was going to be born early and potentially spend time in the NICU. I had read all the... Continue Reading →

Izaac was sitting in my lap while I read, and his itty-bitty open hand appeared on my page, like a puppet appearing before an audience, and began traveling back and forth, his hand closing then opening again, clawing and tapping the book. I paused to watch this wonder, thinking to myself that not even a... Continue Reading →

After telling the boys several times with no response to pick up their toys, I say, "Oooh, I see a nice paddle on the floor I can use for the boy who doesn't listen." Joel picks the paddle up and says cheerfully, "I can put THIS away for you, Mom!"

Today was my first venture out with all three boys alone and I have to say it wasn't at all as difficult as I had expected: someone must have been praying! Our first stop was to the doctor's office for Joel and Elijah's first well-checkup with a new doctor . Thanks to Handy Manny and... Continue Reading →