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Better and Home: #NaBloPoMo Day 16
So as it turns out, G really was sort-of sick. We got to the ER at about 5:00 on Monday afternoon, fluids were started and he was officially admitted. But the hospital was full (’tis the season) so there actually wasn’t a room available until 3:00 pm on Tuesday. We spent the night with an…
Lost: #NaBloPoMo Day 15
I wasn’t in town to go to church Sunday morning, but had I been, I know I would have struggled with attending. I know I’m not alone in my disillusionment with evangelical Christianity right now. A group I have considered myself a part of my entire life doesn’t feel at all safe or genuine right…
Sort-Of Sick: #NaBloPoMo Day 14
It’s November 14, and I’m almost halfway through NaBloPoMo. So far it hasn’t been too difficult to write every day, but today I’m kind of stuck. I do have a post drafted, but I’m not brave enough to post it yet, so there’s that. Therefore, today’s post is just going to be the current situation…
Drama and the Power of a Teacher: #NaBloPoMo Day 13
Charlotte started at a new preschool this fall, and she’s going three days a week. She has “school” for three hours in the mornings and then she takes electives in the afternoons, with different teachers. When we were registering her last spring, Ryan and I chose Drama as one of her electives, because, #charnado. Charlotte…
Retreat: #NaBloPoMo Day 12
This weekend, my neighbor-turned-good-friend and I are in East Texas spending a much needed kid-free weekend at my parents’ property. We left our collective five children at home with our husbands (bless them) and have spent the day doing…not much. I slept in, ate breakfast on the porch, took a walk in the woods, ate chips…
Pet Peeve: NaBloPoMo Day 11
Happy Friday! No politics today – yay! I love hearing about people’s weird pet peeves, so today I thought I’d share one of mine. It drives me nuts when people pronounce this: Like this: Charlotte and I have been working on this diligently. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32zBfQjvQnw] Gotta raise her right.
Kind and Brave: NaBloPoMo Day 10
Kindness is the character trait I’ve been working on the most with Charlotte. At three years, 10 months old, she is definitely egocentric, and she has a long way to go before she masters empathy. She sees things as black or white, real or pretend, right or wrong. And right now, her focus is how…
Angry: NaBloPoMo Day 9
Like so many others, I’ve spent the last 24 hours in shock, anger and deep sadness. I never thought I’d be one to cry over politics, but my face was wet with hot tears many times today. Today, I let myself feel it all, especially the anger. I’m angry that 80% of Christians elected a man…
Election Day: #NaBloPoMo Day 8
“Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now.” I’m a former teacher and current stay at home mom. I don’t own a pantsuit. So instead I’m wearing white today, in honor of women’s suffrage, my daughter and the glass ceiling that’s going to be shattered tonight. #imwithher #WORK
The Facebook Block #NaBloPoMo Day 7
Social media and all its dynamics is so interesting to me. I use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, but predominately Facebook for interacting with people I know personally. I looooveee Twitter, but mostly follow people I don’t know in real life and I don’t tweet a lot myself, although I wish I did (I feel self…