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His Beloved 27 Jun 2013 | 08:37 pm
I’ve been struggling with my mothering. Again. I’ve been frustrated by my frustrations with the kiddos. I’ve vowed to not yell anymore. And then I failed. Over and over. I heard the old lies of ...
She’s Nine Months Old 21 Jun 2013 | 07:01 pm
This is her wakey wakey face seconds after a nap. She wakes so happy. I know I’ve said it a hundred times over – the time slips by like water through my fingers. I’m not taking it for granted. I’m …...
Broken 6 Jun 2013 | 06:50 pm
We’re all broken. We’re all a mess. We have so much wrong in our lives. I think about how much I have wrong. How much I have been wronged in this life. And I think about how much those who’ve … Cont...
Picnic in the yard! Checking off that summer fun list one activity at a time! 4 Jun 2013 | 02:19 am
Me. And my 6 kiddos. We make quite the crash of rhinos, no? I’ve made a summer fun list, put each item on a popsicle stick. We’re choosing what we’ll do with our lazy summer days (Iazy, ha!) one ac...
I don’t care if you say it’s okay! I hate this grass! 3 Jun 2013 | 06:50 am
My sweet 8 1/2 month old BabyGirl’s first time to sit on grass. (I know, I know, so spoiled!) I’m thinking maybe she wasn’t so fond of it. Tweet
New chores 30 May 2013 | 08:01 pm
We’re taking a summer break from school. I’ve been working on cleaning out our school stuff, baby and puppy proofing (yes, puppy, pics to come), and revamping our chore charts again. I wanted to add...
Goodbye, Hello ~ Learning Heartbreak, Patience, and Joy Through Pets 16 May 2013 | 09:50 am
Pitiful. Sweet. At the same time. MyGirl made this poster to hang in our neighborhood after our sweet ancient Louise ran away. The 6 yro looking at this at bedtime said,”I wish Louise was in our house...
The Beginnings of Age 23 Apr 2013 | 12:50 am
I took this picture of myself with my baby girl at naptime the other day. I seem to take a lot of pics at naptime. But this time instead of smiling into the camera like usual and sending it on … Con...
Reaching… Grasping… Missing… Trying Again. 7 Apr 2013 | 07:33 am
I mentioned last time that I was working on not yelling. I came across this Orange Rhino site and her 365 Day No Yelling Challenge. I started it. With great confidence and wild abandon. It went grea...
Spring…Changes…New Beginnings 28 Mar 2013 | 06:25 pm
I keep trying. Really. It’s like I’m new to blogging or something. Every time I get on here to try to write, something goes wrong. Every.Single.Time. So today I shall write with no pictures. This...
