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Friday, July 30, 2010

train up the child, the way he's already gone...

train up the child, the way he's already gone...

I have a kid that doesn't talk. He can, and he could, but he won't. Instead, he chooses the most logical means for...

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

somebody get this woman some chocolate

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. - Erma Bombeck I feel like I walk this...

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Even a hero needs a hero

Even a hero needs a hero

I didn't write this, but I give it a hearty AMEN! Copy/pasted from a FB note. This is about my good friend Tracie...

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Monday, July 26, 2010

patience

Got word today that this baby, that baby is not going to be our baby. Richy and I had already pretty much settled...

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

the housekeeping gene

6ntLook, nobody can deny that some traits are genetic. Like music. People are either musical or they aren't. That's not to say that...

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

LOVE me, darnit.

These last couple of posts have been duds, as far as comments go... I mean, it's not like I'm starved for attention or...

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

in which God squishes me

You know that feeling, when you have to pack for a trip and there is SO MUCH to do that you can't do...

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Would you like to be cool? Here you go.

Would you like to be cool? Here you go.

We're still waiting to hear if this baby, due 8/4, is the one. It's looking like a no, but if he is, then we'll...

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Friday, July 16, 2010

shirts and angst and teenagers

shirts and angst and teenagers

We met a young woman yesterday, to be interviewed, in a sense, about parenting her baby. She was young and wounded and beautiful,...

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

birthmom

your woundsare deep you don't knowyou're beautifuland capableand worth so much more and I can't tell younot in an hour your walls are not as high...

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

us, and her

As I write this, a social worker is meeting with a young mother. In the next hour or so, she might decide who...

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

the environment sticks it to me

Remember last week? When I was all "oh, the soft sweet sad rain. how I love it so" ? Yeah. Forget that. This...

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Friday, July 9, 2010

teen invasion

teen invasion

Since I'm the youngest of 5, I started being an aunt early. My closest niece is like 3 years younger than me, so...

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

dream for me

Rain is beautiful. I love sunshiny days, with no clouds and birds and what-not, but rainy days might be my favorite. Every rain...

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

in which I punch you in the virtual face

Today was one of those days. One of those there is a toddler jumping on my bladder before my eyes are open followed...

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

on raising some holy dorks

The dilemma is, how do I raise children that have good old American Mormon homeschool values (I am not Mormon, but they're a...

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Monday, July 5, 2010

abortion, adoption, hair and acceptance

abortion, adoption, hair and acceptance

My first post for Moral Outcry is up... if you're a regular reader around here, it won't be new information... but it's at a...

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Friday, July 2, 2010

My gut and the sovereignty of God...

I have suffered much in my life. A thread of pain weaves through all of my 20's, and often, I have had to...

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

God bless Brenham

Oh Lordy. I need about a gallon of BlueBell and complete silence. Fiddlesticks, you say. Maybe you think all I've been doing for...

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