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These Three
Bear: Mom? Do you think I’d make a good pastor? Perhaps I’ll be a pastor when I grow up. I’d love to be a pastor. Ash: Bear, if you become a pastor, I will come to every. single. one. of your sermons! Bella: Oh, Bear! You could be a pastor at Cub-nant! Then we could…
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Ruling and Drooling?
He came to me, voice quavering, this boy who wears his heart on his sleeve. He was hurting because of words. Words spoken by friends. He shuddered and sighed, “Mom, they say that girls rule and boys drool. That’s not true, Mom. That’s not true.” Oh, my boy. I hid my smile, remembering the days…
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Must. Stop. Time.
Last night we curled in her bed and read together, and I watched her fingers trace the outline of Maid Marion’s wedding dress. Her eyes lit up and then turned dreamy, and I knew where her mind had gone–to her own white dress and flowers and dreams of weddings and husbands and families. She loves…
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Once a baby is delivered, there are new and important matters to address, such as breastfeeding, newborn screening tests, and sleeping safety, so that the baby has the best chance to develop normally. Also, a newborn’s lungs and kidneys have not yet developed, and so he or she is much more vulnerable to breathing problems,…
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Such Joyous Work
It happens in an instant. Unexpected. I know things are unsettled, but I do not know what it is that I say or do that triggers outbursts, meltdowns, arguments, emergence of the strong will. Suddenly I am face to face with rebellion and anger, and I must swallow mine in order to love, train and…
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A Spring of Joy 