There’s this funny thing about kids. Sometimes they repeat stages you thought you were long past. Just to screw with us. A previously secure and independent child suddenly clings to your leg, crying like a newborn with a wicked diaper rash. A baby who was nursing fine reverts to fussing wailing and gnashing their gums [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Ok, if you know me, you know I almost never send email forwards because 1) most of them are stupid and 2) the rest are stupid AND hoaxes (also known as email viruses perpetuated by stupid people). But I got this one the other day that really cracked me up because it is SO [...]
Tonight we (the hubby and I) enjoyed a stay-at-home date including Chinese food and a movie called Across the Universe. This film was totally fun to watch and I am going to have to heartily recommend it which is surprising because my husband picked it out and our taste in movies has drastically diverged in [...]
this is what i want to believe
27Apr08Some days it’s harder to believe than others…
[Edited to add: Since I posted this I've realized that perhaps it's less than clear. Even my husband was asking about it. Yes, the picture is from PostSecret. No, I did not mail it in myself. It just resonates with me, as a person with an incurable [...]
Have I mentioned how much spring is totally rocking my socks off? I am so not missing Saskatchewan weather right now. Daffodils are one of my favorite flowers and I have been enjoying seeing them in almost every flower bed this week.
why i’m IN LOVE with YouTube
23Apr08Thanks to Jenn at Wind Blows Deeply for this.
abbott and who?
22Apr08Daddy: Hey Avery! Who’s on first?
Avery: What?
Daddy: No, he’s on second!
Avery: ………….. Oh.
Yeah…the joke was lost on her.
To My Children,
Seven years ago today a teenager, three days shy of his sixteenth birthday, was hurting. He felt so much pain that he chose to end it in the only way he could. On a weekend when his parents were away he gathered up some bedsheets, went downstairs into the laundry room, tied a [...]
link of the day
21Apr08A really thought-provoking piece over at The Meming of Life today. I so appreciate Dale McGowan for his caring, non-judgmental approach to…well…everything. But especially people. This post on Thomas Huxley’s experience really resounds with the agnostic in me. Enjoy.
sunday morning moments
20Apr08Sunday Morning Moments of Poetry:
When the offering had been collected at church two men carried the plates up to the altar and there was a prayer of dedication. The two gentlemen were both older, with gray hair and slightly stooped shoulders. One was dressed in a nice blue suit and the other in a plaid [...]
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