What a fun weekend we had celebrating Jared’s graduation! The homeschool ceremony on Saturday was lovely. This year there were 54 kids involved. There were the usual caps and gowns, the usual crowd of proud families and yelling friends, with the occasional air horn tossed in for maximal impact on ear-drums. The diploma presentation...
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It was 1993. She was three years old, blonde-haired, brown-eyed. Typically she went about her days with a cheerful, thoughtful energy. But now she was sick, limp, pale-faced. Everyone in the family had recovered from the flu except her. We took her to the ER on Saturday afternoon, fear winning over my usual faith...
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I’ve been frustrated lately with my picture-taking skills, especially outdoors in changing light. I deleted 3/4 of the 800+ pictures I took on vacation because frankly, they stunk. Granted, I’m stubbornly insisting on shooting in manual and that is not easy. But still, I feel like I should be better after a year of...
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Mouse over the pictures for descriptions. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. For more pictures and the story I promised you about the kitchen fire, check out John’s blog.
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My mom has 8 kids born to her, and 3 more that she welcomed as adults when she married Ron after my first dad died. We don’t all end up in the same place at the same time too often. But on holidays when all her kids manage to come home, my mother has...
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Awhile back I posted the youtube video of that hilarious Old Spice commercial. Apparently the commercial is effective, because the next time John asked me to buy him aftershave, I decided to grab him a bottle of Old Spice. John has used a different aftershave for years, and we’ve both been quite happy with...
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I have SUCH good links to share with you this week! Let them come home –encouragement for anyone loving wayward kids Effects of Obamacare - sober words for anyone with (or without) health insurance In light of a tragic loss at my house this week –a craft for frugal shutter bugs Virtue begins with...
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I’m being a chicken. On Thursday I was interviewed by Mary Byers on Tricia Goyer’s show Living Inspired. I talked — no, I ran at the mouth– for 54 minutes!– about adoption, food, and family. Friday they put up the link to my show — it’s at the top of her right-hand sidebar, the March...
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