Eleven years ago this summer, John and I packed up our bags and headed off on our very first adoption trip, to Korea to adopt our precious new son. He was four months old when he came home. A year and a half later, I headed for Korea again for a second adoption, our...
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There are other children in the family who’ve taken lessons over the years, kids who now are pecking away, working towards proficiency. But so far she is the only one who has really achieved mastery. She is the one who has really loved it. Spent hours with it. Savored the sounds. Made song after...
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Last night when talk turned to broken-bone stories, I told the story of falling off a horse and breaking my arm 8 years ago. Three months of sitting in a recliner with a propped arm waiting to ‘heal’ culminated in a surgery to place a plate in my arm. The day after the surgery,...
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I went to Goodwill a week or two ago. My big boys needed cargo shorts, and I try to always check thrift stores before I buy new. Twenty minutes of browsing netted us several pairs of shorts, plus jeans, playing cards, and even kitchen items for my daughter who’s getting an apartment with...
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I’ve been having lots of fun experimenting with the settings on my camera in the past few days. The best pictures still come when I put the thing on ‘auto’ with the flash turned off– I don’t understand shutter speed and aperature and ISO well enough yet. But I’m getting a few things...
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If you’d like a copy of A Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family, check out this giveaway at Titus 2:3-5.
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Someone asked me recently how I organize the rotation of seasonal clothing for my kids. With a crew as big as ours, it goes without saying that we pass clothing down from child to child. The trick is to store it in an organized way so that it can be found in time to...
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After an apparent tooth fairy…umm…malfunction last night, my sweet 6 year old decided that the reason the tooth fairy had not found her tooth was because the tooth had slipped under her doll. I gratefully agreed and told her to put the tooth in an easier-to-spot location. (Because under the pillow is so much...
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