Pics yes please

So I had sever pre-eclampsia and HELLP. My baby was born early, she was whisked off to the NICU and I saw her for all of 5 seconds before they took her away and work on me and my pressure. Like other moms who deliver early for any number of reasons, I did not get [...]

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When did this happen

Ok, so I am going to be wallowing in self pity this post, so if you don’t want to read it, stop reading now. I have become the mom I never wanted to be. I am overweight, I am tired all the time and my husband has declared that I am not very good at [...]

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gone

Dear Nan, It’s been 10 months, 10 months since the ground dropped out from under me. 10 months since you left this world for a better place. I know you are happy and healthy and not in pain. Hopefully you don’t even think about the post-polio issues you spent so many years fighting. I just [...]

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2011 recap

I read this on Rage Against the Minivan blog and she read it on All & Sundry’s blog, it’s always good for some retrospect, so here we go: 1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Flew overseas with my kids, volunteered at my oldest child’s school. I also went through [...]

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Master Class

I’ve been watching Oprah since she started.  I grew up on Oprah.  Towards the end I’ve been more drawn to her magazine, but still watched from time to time.  But then she launched OWN and the show Master Class.  I’ve watched Condeelza Rice, Jay Z and Oprah herself.  I have learned so much.  She has [...]

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Psalm 34

I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me, freeing me from all my fears  Psalm 34:4   I have been bugging out about money forever it seems.  My husband and I decided my main focus would be on staying home with the kids, so I left a really good paying job and of course [...]

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Pow wow

Most of my heritage is PA Dutch, just like other cultures we have our odd folk cures and what not. Things passed down from grandmothers through the generations. One of the things that has most intrigued me is something we call pow-wow: http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/culture/customs/powwow.htm I’ve experienced pow wow for myself several times.  I am allergic to [...]

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Thanks

Today I give thanks for -helmets which protect little heads while snowboarding -my grandfather going to the doctors and getting some findings and making plans -my grandmother making plans to go to doctors for some well needed check ups -my husband getting to the bottom of his allergies -medicine for the kids colds (again) -a [...]

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Grace from a child

I have always had faith.  My father was a beliver and openly shares his thoughts and feelings and my grandmother prayed and read spiritual authors and sent me to the Mennonites house across the street in the summer for Wednesday Bible Group. I didn’t go to church though or Sunday School.  My parents tried VBS one [...]

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Life is not a check off on my to do list

I am a type A.  I was just sitting here looking over my calendar and being pleased with organization.  I know one should not gloat.  I just love being organized.  I imagine I was always organized even as a little kid.  Maybe not as bad as I am today, but in my memory I think [...]

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