When I was going through my conversion in college, I remember very clearly having a conversation with another resident of the dorm about the phrase in the Bible "pray without ceasing" and what exactly that meant. I remember at the time thinking that it was impossible to pray without ceasing, as I had to devote hours of the day to studying or work ( Read more... )

Last night I saw the Masterpiece Theatre version of Pollyanna. It was absolutely beautiful, moving, elegant, and complex; everything that the Disney version was not. In fact, it made Hayley Mills and her crew look like a cheap sideshow act. I don't blame Hayley Mills for Pollyanna (how could I), in fact I like her, but come on, being in that ( Read more... )

My sister was back stage with her students at the first grade Christmas program last night when a fight broke out between two parents. She said that a few minutes earlier the two moms could be heard yelling obscenities at each other during the program, including the f word. She told me that during the award ceremonies, one of the moms started to ( Read more... )

The picture.....

Bill and Hillary's Hippie Daze
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/006949.php

I have a few quick funny stories that Jared suggested I share ( Read more... )

I have been having trouble lately remembering what day it is. I can hardly believe it is December 3rd. Life has been pretty frenetic over the past three months. Jared has been gone on business during nine out of the past twelve weeks. I counted. Three of those weekends were spent on the road...one weekend in Auburn for a tailgate party, one in ( Read more... )

I have recently found a really funny blog written by another stay-at-home mom (of six), called "Because I Said So". She claims that she is not funny herself, but that it is only her children that give her the material. She is too modest and has a great way of phrasing things to turn something that sometimes only a mom would find funny into a way ( Read more... )

Dominic is now almost three years and five months old. I found this cool old poem a month or so ago and loved it...not much has changed when rearing three year olds, be it the year 1800 or 2000. This poem sums up pretty well how I feel about the little guy...the only main difference being that I don't dress my son in a pinafore ( Read more... )

Yesterday Dominic was pretending to be "an enormous trout" (from The Tale of Jeremy Fisher), and so naturally, Gregory was the "baby enormous trout". You've gotta love three year olds and their oxymorons. Gregory is now over three months old. He rolled from his belly to his back at two months, he rolled from his back to his belly at three months ( Read more... )

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