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Pickles, The Fire Cat
When I was a little girl about Micah’s age, we got a cat. A gray striped tabby with white feet and a white nose. I wanted to name her Rapunzel Let Your Golden Hair Down Misantone, but Daddy decided we would call her Patty for short. Oh, how I loved that cat! She slept on…
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My Life Has Become A Comedy Of Errors
Last week I took Ash to his daily swim lessons then home for a few before we climbed back in the van to his rescheduled dentist appointment. Yes. Rescheduled. Because I forgot his other one. Or rather forgot to remind Brian to take him because I would be at the doctor. This chemo brain is…
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Wednesday Worship: Moment Made For Worshipping
Sitting in yet another doctor’s office this week, I heard a familiar voice begin singing over the piped in music. I haven’t listened to Steven Curtis Chapman in years, but suddenly I sat up straighter and listened as the lyrics began pouring through me. “This is a moment made for worshipping, because this is a…
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Give Us, O Lord…
…thankful hearts which never forget Your goodness to us. Give us, O Lord, grateful hearts, which do not waste time complaining. ~Thomas Aquinas Grape jelly smile smeared across chubby cheeks. Time. Breathing life together. The sound of Brian’s voice reading to our children. Bathtub rings. Remnants of fun-filled days. Growth. Tossing the wigs to wear…
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Wonderfulness
Our week in Ocean City was delightful in almost every way. Sure, we had our moments (doesn’t every family?), but those are already long-forgotten. The wonderfulness overpowers. The highlights? Two nights on the boardwalk with our little ones. The boys all rode the ferris wheel together, and Audrey reveled in the “horsies”. Asher learned to…