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Good results!
Although Lily's testing yesterday was very unpleasant, the doctor's office called today to say the results of both tests were negative, which is good! Thank you for praying!
Prayers, please
Y'all please say a prayer for my sweet little girl today. Because of a bladder infection last month, she goes to Scottish Rite for a renal-bladder ultrasound (to make sure she doesn't have kidney reflux) and will have a catheter inserted to obtain a urine sample to...
My Word Cloud
I would like to thank Brenda at Rocking Chairs and Rainbows for directing me to this neat idea. It pulls random words from your blog to create this word cloud for you. Go here to try it yourself!
Lessons in Gravity: A Photo Essay
2,996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11
I think most of us will always remember where we were when we heard about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I had a 5-day-old baby. I was barely home from the hospital, sleep-deprived, and in my pajamas when Christian, then 6, came upstairs to tell me about the first tower...
Operation Special Delivery
Today I would like to feature Operation Special Delivery (or OSD), which provides volunteer doulas for pregnant women whose husbands or partners are deployed in the U.S. armed forces at the time they are due to give birth. Doulas are trained birth professionals who...
The Source of Happiness
Today's Breakpoint Commentary is a good follow-up to the one I posted earlier on the pursuit of happiness. Vanity of Vanities The Source of Happiness August 24, 2006 Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. Tracy Ballard turns up...
MW
I found out what MW means: moi! I guess I need to teach that boy French (or at least French spelling).
I hang with a tough crowd
I almost never cook breakfast. The only times I do are when I prepare something at night to cook in the morning; the problem is that in the evening I forget to plan ahead. Today I found the following hand-scrawled message on the refrigerator: Make Dutch Puff or Die MW...
Redeeming My Time
I have a long personal struggle with scheduling my household. In my grandparents' home, you ate at noon whether you were hungry or not; lunch was always the big meal; "early to bed and early to rise" weren't just suggestions. My mother rebelled against that kind of...
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