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| In The Life Of A Child |
| An inside view to the joys of parenting with a sense of humor in a family with two children under the age of five - one with significant medical challenges. Written by a Christian mom surviving on humor and God's grace. Welcome to an inside view of our crazy, often hilarious, life as we attempt to raise our children to be extraordinary individuals. |
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| Finding Courage Through Sharing Blog Carnival — June 2008 |
| 2008-06-26 05:21:51 |
This month, write a post to share about someone in your child or children’s experience who took time to make a difference for your family — you know, that kind nurse who you still remember with grateful tears, the doctor who treated your child like a person and not a medical record number, that special [...]...
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| Best Shot Monday — Mystery Photographer… |
| 2008-06-23 01:38:22 |
I’m back home from my weekend conference, and other than the house appearing to have been ransacked by ravenous bears during my absence (or other equally untidy beasts), the family seems to have survived quite nicely. However, no one was particularly forthcoming during my attempts to garner specific details of the weekend events at home. [...]...
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| Wish Him Luck… |
| 2008-06-19 10:18:53 |
Image Courtesy Istock Photo
I’m headed out of town today for a conference this weekend.
Ken is not.
Neither are the kids.
Wish him luck!
P.S. I’m waaaaaaayyy behind on blogging (and life in general) right now, but don’t give up on me… I’m hoping to catch up soon…
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| Gluten-Free Gems… GFCF Maple Banana Bread With Turbinado Sugar |
| 2008-06-16 21:58:33 |
Thought I would share a recipe with you that’s been a recent hit at our house. It’s a GFCF makeover of a family recipe with a few tweaks of my own thrown in. Jacqui really likes the light crunch that the turbinado sugar gives to the top crust and says she loves the [...]...
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| Singing Through The Rainy Month Of May… |
| 2008-06-13 23:00:31 |
Remember this little button? This one that I told you I was going to pass on each month to extra special bloggers who are inspirational in their strength? To extraordinary souls who laugh when they feel like crying and and lend you the courage to do likewise? Well, even though I’ve gotten [...]...
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| Picky Eaters Club — June 2008 Edition |
| 2008-06-11 22:53:43 |
For this edition, share a success story from the past month, a new tip or trick you’ve picked up… or feel free to make a desperate plea for help.
(For information about Picky Eater’s Club, click here.)
Well, our house has not exactly been a model of progress in this realm over the past month, [...]...
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| Oops… There Goes My Last One… |
| 2008-06-09 20:25:28 |
Photographer Unknown
Pneumonia. Again. That’s right — for any of you who have been keeping count, this is my ninth round with my little pet pneumonia bug we have affectionately taken to calling Yersi. Well, ‘we’ meaning ‘I’. Ken still doesn’t find that particular little joke to be all that funny. [...]...
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| State Of The Household Address… Standby For The President… |
| 2008-06-08 16:55:36 |
My Fellow Plebians:
Seven long days have passed since I last stood before you at this rostrum. In that time, our household has been tested in ways none of us could have imagined. We have faced hard decisions about peaceful bedtime negotiations, the war on laundry, rising dishes in the kitchen sink, and the abysmal health [...]...
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| Deconstructing Mommy… |
| 2008-06-04 19:56:53 |
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| Handmade Beaded ID Necklace… |
| 2008-06-04 05:38:09 |
I don’t know about yours, but my kids are FAST! I turn my back for a minute and they’re half-way across town. Needless to say, I was a bit worried when we first traveled to NYC in 2005 for Jacqui’s surgery. In addition to tagging her with an electronic locator (we [...]...
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| Wordless Wednesday — Note To Self… |
| 2008-06-03 22:55:05 |
These two things serve exactly the same purpose in the mind of a two-year-old…
For More Wordless Wednesday Posts… CLICK HERE and HERE.
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| Baby Take A Bow… |
| 2008-06-02 02:44:30 |
Best Shot Monday
After all of the tears, all of the heartache, all of the surgeries, worries and sleepless nights — there she is. Twirling through her first ballet recital as Ken and I exchange misty-eyed smiles and applaud for all we’re worth. It doesn’t get any more magical than that!
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| And We Have A Winner! |
| 2008-06-02 01:04:03 |
A great big thank you to everyone who helped make our Imagine fund raiser for Rhett and Parker a success! Thanks to you, $350.00 was raised and $175.00 will soon be on its way to each of these wonderful families. Be sure to stop by and say “hi” to Tammy and Parker, now [...]...
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| Dandelion Days… |
| 2008-05-28 22:05:04 |
There is laundry to do. Floors to vacuum. Dishes to wash, but she calls: “Let’s take our babies for a walk, Mommy — you ‘an me!” She grins clutching a favorite doll and suddenly my to do list doesn’t seem nearly so epochal as it did a moment ago. A sparkle [...]...
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| Please Make It Stop… |
| 2008-05-26 22:41:34 |
Kyle is cutting his two year molars.
And we’re all so very happy about the situation.
Anyone have any ideas?
Artist Source Unknown
‘Cause I’m fresh out…
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| Dad’s Out Of Town — Everybody Meltdown… |
| 2008-05-23 23:53:47 |
Three. More. Hours. Can I survive three more hours? I’m not at all certain at this point.
Ken left on a week-long business trip at ‘0-dark-thirty on Monday morning. His flight gets back in sometime around midnight tonight. That is, if it doesn’t get delayed again. I feel like such [...]...
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| Finding Courage Through Sharing Blog Carnival — May 2008 |
| 2008-05-22 02:55:22 |
This month, write a post to share something that you wish other people understood about your life with a child or children facing medical challenges.
(For carnival rules and information click here.)
Like those dark circles? Five years later and I’ve still got ‘em!
You know, it’s a funny thing… I selected this [...]...
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| It’s Only Fourteen Hours… Part II |
| 2008-05-17 01:30:15 |
Part two in my demented series that chronicles that exceptionally naive question: “So what exactly do Stay-At-Home-Moms do all day?” If this post isn’t enough for you, you can read Part One by CLICKING HERE, but by the end of this post I doubt anyone will be so inclined. Are you ready? Well, [...]...
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| Imagine… A Bigger Prize Package!! |
| 2008-05-14 00:06:13 |
So just a couple days into this benefit for Rhett and Parker, and we have some volunteers to make this even bigger! If you want to read about the details of the benefit and see my original four drawings, CLICK HERE.
First, the stunning, most fabulously wonderful Ursula of The Daily Drool has offered [...]...
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| Imagine… |
| 2008-05-11 16:04:27 |
Imagine a child. A beautiful Child. A child with sparkling eyes and a smile that lights up a room. A child loved by a young mother, a young father — as precious to them as the air they breathe. Can you see this child?
Imagine the color blue. Softly at first. So faint you’re not even [...]...
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| This Is Why We Don’t Have Nice Things!!! |
| 2008-05-09 12:39:17 |
Hmmm… I wonder who could have possibly done this? (Note to Miss Jacqui: Generally not the best move to sign the scene of the crime…)
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| Picky Eaters Club — May 2008 Edition |
| 2008-05-07 23:35:08 |
For our first edition here, let’s introduce ourselves, and our picky eater (or eaters). Then in whatever format you choose, share one tip for a success you’ve had with your picky eater, or ask for tips for dealing one challenge that you’ve been facing with your picky eater.
I’ll try to include a tip both [...]...
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| Tea With The Fairies… |
| 2008-05-04 22:17:40 |
Every spring, our little town has a wonderful tyke-sized fairy tea party. Here are a few glimpses of my most magical day with a most adorable little fairy…
Hope your weekend was every bit as magical!
For more Best Shot Monday photos, click button below…
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| Vintage Jacqui… Where’s Da Budderfly? |
| 2008-05-01 12:53:02 |
From about this time last year…
A bright spring morning and Jacqui greeted me with even more than her usual enthusiasm…
“Mom! I finded somethin’ when I was playin’ in da backyard yesti-day!”
“Oh, really? What did you find?”
“A crista-list!!”
“A what?”
“I said, Uh…CRIS…DA…LIST!! It’s kinda like another name for a kuhtoon, Mom.”
“Oh, You mean a [...]...
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| Calling All Parents Of Picky Eaters! |
| 2008-04-30 23:29:09 |
The Picky Eater’s Club is officially ready for launch!
This monthly blog carnival style tips feature will soon be hosted at In The Life Of A Child on the second Thursday of every month. Are you ready? Mark your calendars, because the very first edition begins Thursday, May 8th!
What’s that, you say? [...]...
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| Read Me A Story… My Top Picks For Classic Children’s Picture Books |
| 2008-04-29 00:32:07 |
Anyone who has been following along with this blog for very long has probably noticed that I’m a ravenous reader with a love of words. Well, many of you have asked me a number of times to recommend different books in different genres, so I thought I would start giving you some lists now [...]...
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| You Need Da Cleenin’ Power, Mom… |
| 2008-04-25 22:38:16 |
Image Courtesy Istock Photo
Jacqui: Mom, I needta tell you somefing… Da kitchens and bafrooms are da germiest places in da house. You need da cleenin’ power, Mom.
Me: I do?
Jacqui: Yes, to get rid of da germies.
Me: It gets rid of germs?
Jacqui: Oh, yes! An’ [...]...
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| Finding Courage Through Sharing Blog Carnival — April 2008 |
| 2008-04-23 21:52:45 |
For our first edition here, let’s just get acquainted. In whatever format you choose, write a post sharing who you are, the basics of your child’s story and one thing that really stood out to you from your child’s first major hospital or medical experience and why. (For carnival rules and information click here.)
Jacqui’s [...]...
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| Boot Scoot N’ Ballet… |
| 2008-04-22 22:52:12 |
Why, yes — as a matter of fact, she did choose the outfit herself. How did you ever guess?
For More Wordless Wednesday Posts… CLICK HERE and HERE.
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| These Have I Loved… |
| 2008-04-20 02:57:49 |
The beauty of childhood curiosity coupled with mischief,
Backyard giggles,
Bright pink boots — whimsically matched with sweaters and tutu’s,
Angelic smiles, coaxed into being by wildflower discoveries,
Dandelion gardens arduously planted by muddy little fingers,
Slides and skinned knees,
Swings and sunlit smiles,
The happy thunk of child-sized boots,
Running for no other purpose but for the joy of running,
The stalking of [...]...
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| A Very Special Award… |
| 2008-04-18 18:45:02 |
You may have noticed this little button over in my sidebar for some time now. It’s been sitting there, patiently waiting for me to get my illness plagued household pulled back together… waiting for me to remember. Well, I haven’t forgotten. It’s a pretty special little button, because that cute little girl splashing [...]...
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| Get Ready… |
| 2008-04-18 11:45:26 |
Just a little reminder… It all starts next Thursday, so get those posts ready and see you here on the 24th!
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| Moooom!! Looook!! Have You Ever Seen Anything Like It… Or No? |
| 2008-04-16 12:22:23 |
Our morning started out with an unexpected guest…
And since no one can quite narrate such a scene as well as Jacqui… a video clip for your enjoyment…
These are literally the very first moments of our morning. I was yanked awake by a little girl shouting, “Mommmmmm!! Comere quickly!! Dair’s dis most ‘mazing super-ize [...]...
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| Little Quiet People… |
| 2008-04-15 19:04:11 |
Some time ago, I was smitten with one of Michelle’s posts at Scribbit, where she outlined instructions for making a “quiet family”. Michelle, in turn, had borrowed the lovely idea from the clever author of Simply Stork.
I read both posts and thought of the numerous, nay countless times we have found ourselves waiting in [...]...
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