(Though in my case I should amend that to “I waddle by faith.”)Today marks the 36th week of my pregnancy. I must say…I never would have thought it.It’s been many long months since I announced this baby. It’s been many long months since I tearfully drove to the first ultrasound, and then joyfully posted the results.It’s been many long months of fear … [Read more...]
The Face of Four (Explained)
I am in awe of what God can do through the union of man and woman, and it’s not just the mystery of new life that moves within me.I’m talking about this 4-year-old girl.She is every bit as much a hybrid as her brothers and sisters, and yet she is......so different.She is closest in age to her 6-year-old sister......and yet she is as distinct from … [Read more...]
On Making Chocolate Chip Scones and Not Missing My Sons
Or at least some of that.So the dynamics of this house have changed considerably since the departure of my two sons. For those of you who have fallen out of the Minnesota Mom loop, shame on you! An update: they are down on Grandpa’s farm taking care of these horses:And playing with this dog:Sans the sister.You would think that my house would be … [Read more...]
“Things to Do when You are Feeling Blue”
Subtitled: In which I continue to thank the people who are helping me drag this beautiful, bouncing ball & chain toward the finish line. John was away all day yesterday at a Scout Leaders training seminar. On his way home and because he felt bad about leaving me on my own all day, he called to see if he could pick up burgers for supper.Of … [Read more...]
The Face of Four (cont.)
AMDG, … [Read more...]
Merci, Mes Amies (Part Deux)
Read Part One here. I hope you don’t find this talk of depression off-putting. It’s been an on-again, off-again enemy of mine for years now, although—thank goodness—it’s nowhere near as oppressive as it was the first year of my marriage.My doctor called it situational depression back then, and said it was probably the result of my working as a … [Read more...]
Merci, Mes Amies
I didn’t explicitly ask for prayer alongside the suggestions listed below, but I’ll be darned if there weren’t a couple sent my way. I hope there were prayers, in any case! Otherwise, this sunny mood of mine has no explanation whatsoever.Just between you and me, though? It got worse—much worse—before it got better.This self-centered depression has … [Read more...]
Letting the Little Ones Come to Us
Yesterday I thought it would be fun to interview the children. I hauled out the video camera and one by one, I asked them questions pertaining to how well they knew the momma while the others waited their turn upstairs.Some of the answers were hilarious. For example, when asked how old I was, Angela replied: “Big. Actually, you’re medium. Daddy’s … [Read more...]
A Treatise on Pickles, Patience and Bread
Part IIRead Part I here.By the time the loaves of bread had risen to the tops of the pans and had baked in the oven to a crusty brown, the afternoon was almost gone. “They’re beautiful,” Mother said, as Ginnie cautiously took the pans from the oven.“They’re done.” Ginnie gave a vast sigh of relief. “But it takes a lot of time.”When I finally found … [Read more...]
A Treatise on Pickles, Patience and Bread
These days, it’s not the spilt glasses of milk that make me cry. It’s the shattered jars of pickles.I’m pregnant. I need those pickles.Yet somehow, when I pulled that 1-gallon glass jar off the shelf at Sam’s Club and placed it in my cart, I just knew that it was an accident waiting to happen. Call it my mother’s intuition; call it my destiny; call … [Read more...]
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