Category Archives: Family
Adoria
Tonight Naomi and I started off my Birthday Weekend with STYLE! We went to our very first fashion show! I would not be mistaken by anybody for a diva or fashionista, but I actually love design. I have a notebook … Continue reading
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the Psalms are not G-rated and other thoughts on literature
They wash the mud from their feet, and the sweat from their brows in the delightful warmth of showers; and they crawl into bunk beds and snuggle under feather covers and poke tumbled heads back up for kisses. Each simple … Continue reading
Domino Dreaming
Dinner was chicken pot pie which I made too soupy but which surprisingly everyone enjoyed more than the usual version. Now David is washing dishes, and the kids and I have pulled out a few games, and it’s fast becoming … Continue reading
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merging the worlds: technology and imagination
I opened our mailbox to find a folded 3×5 card with the words Mommy Kiss 3 printed on the outside. A gift from Quinn. Quinn makes gads of index card iphone style imaginative games. One of his best is God … Continue reading
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Women of Mention
After a morning in the healing rooms, I came back to my favorite place: home with my family. We made a simple potato cheddar soup and then settled in to watch a special library movie: Mrs. Potter. And what a … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Dreaming, Family, Purposeful Living, things I love
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Making my head spin
A Young Person’s Guide to Philosophy by DK was one of my finds last week at the library. . . . . my library strategy is to browse the reshelving carts – I get quite a mix of fascinating books … Continue reading
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In which I cook, bake and generally surprise myself
It was a Saturday with nothing on the calender and two sweet children who wanted nothing more than to romp all around home with a neighborhood friend or two. I got up slowly . . . . I savored coffee … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Gratitude, Learning, Purposeful Living
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Bedtime Prayer
Several people have asked me to teach them how to pray over their children at night . . God taught us more of this as we endured the forces of evil focused against our children in Bundibugyo. Today I found … Continue reading
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Christmas, our style
A kind friend kindly (but FIRMLY) encouraged me to write more here and to write more about my daily life . . . . I suppose after life in Bundibugyo, most of life as a mother and student in America … Continue reading
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William Sutherland Pierce
David called him Pop And always greeted him fondly with a gentle slap to the arm, and a hug. They shared a love of comedy and good books and a woman named Mim. I knew him as Bill, an old-fashioned … Continue reading
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