Summer Sabbath

Summer Sabbath is what my church calls That Time In The Summer When Everyone Is Away. It is also my favorite time of the church year because we all cram into the church for one service. Usually we have three services–one contemporary, one traditional, and one for the college students–and I don’t especially like to [...]

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Why My Self-esteem Doesn’t Depend on a Six Year Old

Sadie: All moms are annoying. Kids don’t want moms. Me: Hmm. I think kids would really miss moms if they weren’t there. Sadie: Yeah, maybe other kids don’t want moms, but I do. I just wish you didn’t always tell me what to do. It’s very annoying. How would you feel if I said to [...]

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Lighting

Here’s my question: WHO puts fluorescent lights in a coffee shop?? What is up? Lamps, people! Lamps or indirect lighting. First of all, there is a glare on my laptop screen. Second of all, have we NOT heard of ambiance? I am aware that I have lighting issues. ESPECIALLY if it has to do with [...]

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Spring Break

Since I’m beyond remembering what was significant about the post I lost, I’ll just move on. I haven’t been posting for awhile because 1) I’ve been wheezy sick. If I laugh a little bit, I sound like I’ve been smoking for 100 years (and I don’t smoke, except for that one time in college when [...]

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It must not have been important…

Oh blast. I started a post earlier and forgot to save it. Now I’m all out of energy to finish it. Like the time in college when I was writing a six page paper straight out of my butt and the computers shut down. Served me right.

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Storytime

So on Wednesdays I go to Sadie’s school, and after helping her teacher with copying or laminating or cutting or stapling or whatever a Kindergarten teacher needs, I read the class a story. It’s a blast to go in there because all the kids know me, and they joyfully ram me from all sides with [...]

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Rosie and the Crazy Lady

I have officially morphed into That Insane Mom. Sadie lost her little lovie, Rosie, the other day. It’s her sweet little white bunny that she takes EVERYWHERE with her. I thought maybe we left it at the Dr’s office. So I called the front desk and told the lady that I had an EMERGENCY. I [...]

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Barbies

Every morning, the minute Sadie wakes up, she wants to play Barbies. When I was pregnant and pious, I vowed that MY little girl would not be allowed to play Barbies. She wouldn’t wear pink, either. No child of mine would be trapped by old-fashioned oppressive stereotypes. MY child would be liberated from the ‘ideal’ [...]

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It!

Caroline over at Rainbow’s Start and End tagged me and here are the rules: Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Post 7 random or weird facts about yourself on your blog. Tag 7 people and link to them. Comment on their blog to let them know [...]

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A Grand Day out with My Mom

One of the things I love about my mom is that she is a lot of fun to hang out with. She’s game and spontaneous, and I get my philosophy of Life Is An Adventure from her. Because I get home once a year and the visits are always a whirlwind, my mom and I [...]

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