Month: April 2010
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Staying Connected
For her birthday, Bella received a toy bracelet with a princess trinket dangling and sparkling. She is all about those bobbles and bangles. However, her new bangle has a hard time staying clipped on. This is partly due to poor craftsmanship and partly due to it belonging to a rambunctious (albeit adorable) four-year-old. Asher had…
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Just Love
He sat in his wheelchair outside for most of our recent Easter visit, chain smoking and singing to himself loud and off key. My uncle. My dad’s older brother. He’s paranoid schizophrenic and has been institutionalized for the better part of 50 years. 50 years, y’all! He was sixteen when his father died. Then he…
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Danica Update
Monica has started a blog for updates for little Danica. Danica’s Chiari Journey They head to Cincinnati on Sunday for a another barrage on Monday, and more questions loom. My heart is breaking for them. Please, oh please will you pray for this sweet one? And for Monica and Dan as they have huge decisions…
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Ready to Go
I sat with him in his back room. He on his burgundy plush lift chair, feet propped up, water jug at his side. I on the floor next to him leaning my head against his knee. He settled his good hand on my hair and sighed. “Remember when you were little and I held you?”…
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Cruisin’
So I recently gave a shout out to my in-laws who spent a week in the Mexican Riviera teaching dance on a cruise ship. In response to a few requests for pictures, I give you: The ship The ballroom. (This is where they taught classes in Waltz, Mambo/Cha Cha, and Tango.) The romance. The awesomeness.…
A Spring of Joy 