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Continue reading →: Just because I’m trying to stay in the habit…
Being so tired you don’t even want to brush your teeth is probably a good indicator not to write anything publicly. But since I’m trying to stay in the habit of writing, I’m writing. It was a go from my school, to my kids’ school to the asthma and allergy…
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Continue reading →: Monday
It makes me smile hearing my 7 and 9 year old sons converse. They talk about who’s doing what with their toy riffles. What ship their building with Legos. What Montero’s batting average is. How Chris Young swings a bat. Makes me smile. Finished up all but one vision and…
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Continue reading →: Children and "elders"
19 year old “elders” always give me a chuckle. It was an interesting conversation last night in the driveway. Oh the many proud things that keep us from a humble and total trust in Christ. 19 and 21 year old Elder White Shirt and Tie came walking up to my…
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Continue reading →: Characterized by talk or walk?
I made pico de gallo tonight to go with our chicken fajitas on corn tortillas with avocado. Yum. I had no idea pico de gallo is literally translated: rooster’s beak. Turns out that pico de gallo was eaten using the thumb and the forefinger therefore resembling a rooster’s beak. You…
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Continue reading →: Trying to get into the habit
I got sick a few weeks ago. So much so that I couldn’t bear the thought of drinking hot coffee in the morning. A week later, my coffee habit was broken. Since then I’ve had a cup or two, but now I’m mostly drinking hot tea. When my life was…
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Continue reading →: Good things and hard things.
Yesterday kindergarten, today preschool screenings. It was nice though… almost too nice. When you’re used to functioning on a high-energy expenditure level with lots of interruptions and constant prioritizing of decisions, sitting in an empty board room in silence while your scheduled every-15-minute preschooler and their parent come in to…
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Continue reading →: Spent
Gonna keep this short. I was going to say, “…and sweet,” but it may just be short. I’m spent. A good deal of energy goes into squatting from a 6 foot position to a kindergarten height to say: Ok now, remember what I showed you in class yesterday? That’s what…
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Continue reading →: Don’t grow weary in doing good
I was thinking about this this Labor Day. Maybe some are growing weary in doing good. Maybe it’s been years of doing hard labor, or daily labor or monotonous labor. Maybe this Monday is like every other Monday for the past 19 years and all your labor and prayers seem…
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Continue reading →: You make beautiful things out of dust. You make beautiful things out of us. -Gungor
I took my boys out to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green yesterday. From the previews I thought it would be cute and kind of silly but I did not think I would ball. Yes ball. Catch-my-breath-face-wrinkled-up-dripping-nose-dripping-with-tears-wet-faced ball. Sometimes the dam that holds back the flood is broken with…
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