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My “L” is back!

It has been a while since I posted - initially it was because my "L" was missing, but I did manage to get my keyboard repaired and as you can clearly read...my "L" is back!  (See my last post!)Our family just returned from a funeral...that's another reason why I have been silent for a bit.  It is amazing how you can be plugging along with your life and  have so many "things" that demand your attention and various "to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: home

Hep Something’s Missing!

OK - this is reay wierd! For some inexpicabe reason one of the keys on my keyboard no onger works!So te me...how does such a thing happen? One minute you are typing away and everything is going simpy marveous and then BAM - your keyboard refuses to type the etter " "!At first I thought, "Oh man, I won't be abe to write a post today!" But my daughter said, "Why not? I think it woud be tight!" So, I figured, what the heck, may as we give it a try!I … [Read more...]

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Thankful For American Soldiers

I have always had a "soft spot" for soldiers. I am in such awe that they would choose to use their lives to provide freedom and justice for others...even strangers in far away lands. For those of you with children...think about your child "choosing" to use his (her) life to defend others. Yes, a part of me would feel very proud - but a bigger part of me would be afraid. I think motherhood is what has caused my admiration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Serving

Thankful Thursday – Dance

We each have our ways of expressing thanks and sending up some praises to our Heavenly Father. Here's an expression of thanks and praise that I really enjoyed...I hope you will too!  (The quality is not great, but it is worth viewing!) … [Read more...]

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Teenagers = Danger To Adults

Teenagers. You have to love them, or you would go mad trying to deal with the mood swings. I mean really, one minute you are enjoying a perfectly yummy salad dinner and having a normal conversation, the next minute you are dealing with someone who thinks you are a lunatic.So, at dinner last night when my daughter was clearly exasperated with our ineptness as adults, parents, and humans because we were not seeing things her way, my brilliant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Be The Mom, home, Teen Children

Tiger and His Tale

Did you watch the news conference today? There stood a somber, serious, wearied looking Tiger Woods trying to help a judgmental world understand his regret and pain. There stood a deeply concerned husband and father pleading with the mass of reporters and curious onlookers to leave his family alone.There stood a product endorsing gold mine trying to salvage his name and career.There stood a sinner who's ugly sin was exposed to the world.No matter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: current events

Teen Trash Talk

Comments from my teens in the last 24 hours that made me laugh:Procrastinators unite - tomorrow!I'm the good kid...right mom?If I eat macaroni and cheese now can I still have dinner, in an hour, when we eat?Here mom...thought you might want this week old peanut butter and jelly sandwhich.I am worn out.  I only got three hours of sleep Friday night and four hours of sleep Saturday night, so I don't have to go to school tomorrow...right?I need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Be The Mom, fun, Teen Children, teens

Haiti Up Close & Personal

Hey friends - this morning at FamilyLife we heard from the Executive Director of our Hope for Orphans ministry...and I cried through most of his presentation!He recently got back from Haiti where he took a group of doctors to care for orphans and to sort through paper work in an effort to find "forever families" for orphans. We saw the faces and heard the voices of the children of Haiti...He shared with us that there were over 300,000 orphans in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Serving Tagged With: current events

Help! Random Aggravations

the crack that showed up this morning in my car windshield - what's that?broken skateboard sticking out of the ground in my back yard - flower garden no less!the answer is always, "No, I don't have any homework." ...how can that be?our hot tub full of cold water, when it's 20 degrees outside...really?son: "Stop it!"daughter: "Touch me again and you die!"everyone in this house addicted to "24" ... have you been Jacked?forgetting to return the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Be The Mom, Me Mom, mom traps, Mom Traps (all 7 of them!)

Sand Art & So Much More

This is very powerful...Before viewing scroll to the bottom of my site and pause the music on my playlist, so you can hear the music on this video. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Fun Mom Ideas

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