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June 30th, 2006 There are some questions a mother doesn’t even need to ask in order to find out their answers. For example: Did the kids remember to brush their teeth this morning? Why yes, they did. Has Eamon realized that his birthday is only 20 days away and has he given any thought to what kinds of presents he would like? Why yes, he has. And finally, did Raphael escape June 29th, 2006 With the early sunrise these days, Raphael has been waking up earlier and earlier. This morning I heard him calling for me at 5:30 am. It was early enough that I held out some hope that he might be willing to cut a deal. You know, something like accepting a cup of milk in exchange for immediately falling back to sleep after drinking it. But to get the milk, I June 28th, 2006 Dear Drywall Guys, I love you. I hope it’s not inappropriate to tell you that, but it’s true. I love the way you actually show up when you say you will. I love the way you take that big space attached to my house and transform it into more house—more house!—within hours. I love the way you take all of my husband’s years of hard work and make them pay June 27th, 2006 Several of my children have gone through a learning-to-talk stage where their speaking skills and their forming of proper consonant blends can’t quite keep up with their desire to communicate complicated material. 3 year old Gabrielle—appropriately nicknamed Gabby—is my current struggler in this department. Her immediate family understands about 98% of what she says, but other people are sometimes hard pressed to understand her. But Gabby doesn’t let that get June 27th, 2006 The Carnival of Homeschooling is here this week. Enjoy! The update on Baby James is here and it sounds good! June 27th, 2006 are so very wise and smart. If you haven’t yet read all the comments about family size, NFP, and being open to life in the thread below, go do that now. I particularly like the underlying theme of God not sending just babies, but the grace we need to go with them as well. Here’s what Mark wrote: The kids have taught me so much about God. My 5 year June 26th, 2006 A reader writes: It would be nice to know that there are others out there who struggle with the conflict of truly being open to life and loving children and wanting a big family, but at the same time being overcome by the fear of the realities of a really big family and not knowing how to “slow down.” Because NFP isn’t as easy as everyone says it is and June 26th, 2006 This little Chinese boy with Down Syndrome is in need of finding interested adoptive parents by July 1. China does not usually allow for the adoption of children with Down Syndrome, but so many people advocated for this little guy that an exception has been allowed. A donor has offered to fund the adoption, but if willing parents cannot be found, James will be permanently institutionalized in China and |
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