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5% of Middle Schoolers
Today in school I was teaching about tone in your writing. How to select the correct words to create your desired tone. This, in turn, creates the right mood with your reader. When…
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Daddy Skills
A friend posted this on Facebook, and I about wet my pants. I gots mad daddy skillz, yo…
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Life and Death on a Sunday Morning
Sunday morning, Chris left early to be at work for the Target Festival. That left me wrangling the yahoos. I had approximately 45 minutes to get some breakfast in their bellies, stuff them…
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Happy Birthday, Chris!
This past Sunday was Chris’s 29th birthday. Have I ever told you about how I never remember the date of Chris’s birthday? I don’t know why I have such a problem with it,…
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Brain Dump.
1. Kate is a shoe-flinger. Her shoes are never side by side. She just kicks them off as she walks somehow. 2. Gracie yells a lot. Maybe just is going to be a…
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
On Mother’s Day afternoon, I was sitting on my parent’s porch with my mom, Grandma, Sarah, and the kids. We were eating strawberry shortcake and enjoying the beautiful weather, while Bean and Gracie…
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The Baby Front Carry
In my wise old parenting experience, I have found one particular baby holding position to be incredibly versatile: the Front Carry. The Front Carry serves so many purposes in life. It’s like the…
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Chris Talks to a Nurse
Tomorrow morning at the butt-crack of dawn, we’re going to be heading to the hospital so that Gracie can get tubes in her ears. I feel really good about it. Gracie hasn’t had…
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These Days
These days, Gracie Girl is constantly on the go. Since she figured out how to crawl, I don’t think she’s stopped to rest for a single minute. She’s all over the living room,…
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Singing Praises
This past Sunday in church, we had a guest minister who gave a sermon about active prayer. She suggested that sometimes we need to do physical actions when we pray to remind us…
