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Full Circle
I set up a blog on homeschoolblogger.com in the fall of 2005, but I just didn't "get it"--blogging I mean. I wrote a couple of self-conscious posts, didn't go out and meet anyone, didn't get any comments. A few months later an issue of The Old Schoolhouse magazine...
Moments in Motherhood
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh As a mother of eight who hopes to one day become certified as a childbirth educator and/or birth...
What they’re saying:
Five-year-old son: "When I grow up, I want to be a dollah." Me: "A dollar?" Five-year-old son: "Yes, a dollah." Three-year-old daughter: "When I grow up, I want to be a doctor." Seven-year-old daughter: "When I grow up, I want to work at Target." Five-year-old son:...
Critique my blog
I saw this over at Barb's the other day and I thought I'd play. If you go to here, you can have your blog critiqued. Here's my review: I love blogs that are full of life and give you a warm feeling of family. Now this family is full of 8 children which makes it a...
Inconceivable!
Three weeks ago... Ryan: America has voted. Sanjaya, you are safe. Sundance, you're going home. Mommy Dearest: Inconceivable! Two weeks ago...Ryan: America has voted. Sanjaya, you are safe. Brandon, you're going home. Mommy Dearest: Inconceivable! Last week... Ryan:...
Woman to Woman: Is It Really a Family Night Out?
This week's topic for Morning Glory's Woman to Woman writing project is: Is It Really a Family Night Out? What are your views regarding children under age 5 attending formal events such as funerals, concerts, and weddings? What about church services? What tips or...
A Special Day for a Special Lady
Today was my Great-Aunt Mayme's 95th birthday! We have a 3-day annual meeting at church this weekend, so we threw a surprise birthday party/card shower for her this afternoon between services. Earlier I told you a little bit about Aunt Mayme. At lunch we recalled some...
Sweet 16
Henceforth, my fifteen-year-old son will be referred to as my sixteen-year-old son. We had so many things to do on his birthday Thursday--last day of homeschool co-op, chorus classes, baseball game--but I always take the kids out to eat on their birthday. We were so...
Happy Birthday, Honey!
Hubby Dearest celebrates the big 40 today! I am one year and five days older than he is, and this is the first year in... well, the first year ever that he hasn't rubbed in our age difference for the entire five days. He put a new pump/motor in my washing machine last...
Woman to Woman: “In this skin…”
I'm a couple of days late for a venture that Morning Glory started this week; it is a twice monthly writing project for women bloggers called "Woman to Woman." This topic, the first, is entitled "In this skin" in which you tell how aging has affected you personally,...
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