Monthly Archives: July 2012

Just a Bad Day.

Someone once asked me if I ever have a bad day. Um, well, the answer is a big fat YES. I mean, who DOESN’T have bad days sprinkled in the mix of all the joys of life? Toss in five children 8 and under, homeschooling and the regular day to day activities … and hmm, […]

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Get Away.

We slipped away quietly as a family for our annual camping getaway this past week.   Well, it was quiet because I forgot what dates we booked and frantically found myself packing for seven people one day before we left for our seven day getaway. Oops. But we made it. And I dare say, I […]

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Piece of Yourself

“Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of her neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood – finding a piece of yourself separate and apart that all the same you could […]

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Beautiful Place

This past week, our second born daughter grew up a little before our eyes.   Lyla Precious Joyce …. {her middle name is after a sweet, beautiful girl we met in Zambia, Africa 9 years ago} … suddenly, she is no longer five – she is now six years old… of course, I can remember […]

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{Harper}

Before you were born … You were wished for. You were wanted. You brought joy and happiness. From the moment God created you, you were loved. Welcome to the world, baby Harper. I am so very, very happy to have met you. xo Pin It

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