Training, take 1453

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Of late, I have come to the realization that my children are going to read this blog. In fact, sometimes Toby reads it...

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partial eclipse of the brain

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Last week I drove to a doctor's appointment that was in November. In my defense, I did get the DAY right. I just...

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Toby is FIVE

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Last night I picked up my 4 year old for the last time. In deep sleep, his weight pulled at my arms and...

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Welcome to the family MUAHAHAHA

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I'm going to type this as quickly as I can, because Sir Tristan the Valiant doesn't sleep much, and is not such the...

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Traditional chaos

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Making traditions is more of a challenge than one might think. I have these ideas, you know, of sitting around a fire stringing...

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Re-run: Melissa

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It's been one year since my friend Melissa died. I thought it would be fitting to run this one again. Original post here....

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a han gets a-wed

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Well. That was a GREAT wedding. We’ve known Hannah for 10 years or something, and she’s been a Radiant for 8 years or...

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Marriage and the open road

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Richy and I have a lot of road trips in our history. In the early days we traveled with Praise Band, which became...

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On le road

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We're driving "home" this weekend for a Radiant wedding. Really, home is wherever we are, together, so technically home is this minivan. But...

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feed my sheep

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Nutrition is so important. Kids today are eating so much sugar and fat and preservatives, and who doesn't have a 4 year old Happy...

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Re-run: I take on Proverbs 31

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I know, I haven't posted in days and now I'm throwing you a rerun. Hey, just be thankful you get a blog at...

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Intro To Open Adoption

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Cross-posted at Moral Outcry As we’ve walked through the adoption process, 2 topics tend to weigh heavily on people’s minds, money and openness....

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in which I try to talk open adoption

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When we started the process of adopting Tristan, we were pretty intimidated by the idea of a fully open adoption. I knew from...

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Sleepless in... hey! a squirrel.

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I forgot about sleep. Well, really, I forgot about the lack of sleep. I talked myself through it months ago... "Listen, self. In...

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Breaking Scrooge

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If you're new around here, you might not know that I am a celebrator, married to a non-celebrator, when it comes to Christmas....

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getting to know you

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All babies are strangers. They come to us, with their mysterious knowledge of the womb, disturbed by our bright world of noise and...

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Thanksfreezing

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In years past, I have waxed poetic about Thanksgiving. We usually celebrate with family, in multiple households. We go a couple of places...

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death of a Mac: a requiem for free time

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Moms gotta cope. Some of you might use meth, or salsa dancing. I use a computer. That is, I give my children to...

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Breaking the kids

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I tend to view my children's lives through the scope of a future therapist. I've never been to a therapist, personally, but you...

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Siblings

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I have 4 children. So far, I've only had 4 at one time for about an hour. That was a pretty wild hour......

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Sleepy in Kansas

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At some point in the future, I will write all about this week, and the journey to Tristan, and all of the emotion...

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We meet

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(Cross-posted at Moral Outcry) I am sitting in a hotel room with a sleeping newborn. The last 3 days have been such a...

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Welcome, baby

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bet your britches

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my kinda 40, or 12 Now, I don't have a lot of vices, at least as far as you know. I could be...

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