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Real Life Confessions: The Lack of Focus Edition

People online say it, and so do people I know in person, “Angie — you do so much.  You have it all together.  How do you do it all?” I don’t. That is — I don’t have it all together and I don’t do it all.  As a matter of fact, I’m feeling a bit [...]

And She Wasn’t Even Close to Being Six Years Old

Molly turned five this fall.  Even before her birthday, we were already agreeing on what we would buy her for her sixth birthday — the American Girl doll Felicity (whom she always is mistakenly calling Fill-a-CITY).  Molly has often been found telling complete strangers that she will be getting Felicity for her sixth birthday. While [...]

Those Moments That Bring Life Into Sharp Focus

It’s easy to let life slip by us, isn’t it?  I know I’m guilty (too guilty) of finding time to play on Facebook or Twitter, but “forgetting” to do an activity that I told the kids I would do.  Or, I grumble when my Mom asks a favor while I think I am too busy [...]

7 Quick Takes: November 13, 2009 (Volume 21)

~ 1 ~ Thanks so much for all of the kind words on my Grandmother’s sudden passing.  It was so helpful for me to be able to write about it, and I appreciate all of the kind words that you guys have left. We had the funeral last Friday, and spent this week continuing to [...]

And This is Why My Grandma is Cringing in Heaven

As you can probably imagine, this week has been a hodge podge of craziness, weeping, stress, surprise at all of the support we’ve had, and also moments of sheer delight in the aftermath of my Grandma’s sudden and unexpected death on Sunday.   Yes, I said that — sheer delight.  This story is one of those.  [...]

7 Quick Takes Friday: October 2, 2009 (Vol. 17)

~ 1 ~ We’re studying early American history this year with the boys using Winter Promise’s American Story I.  While we were reading on of our books (I believe it was The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689), there were some hints toward the idea of the Revolutionary War. Jack said, “I hope the Americans win.” [...]

In Tears About My Faith and Church

This week, I have had a few different opportunities to be with people from my church, as well as to be with my homeschooling group (which is a Catholic homeschooling group). Apparently it was just exactly what I needed. How do I know that? Well, last night, I was thinking about my church (both my [...]

How Do You Sum Up Eight Years in Just One Blog Post?

I wrote a long and sordid post about Jack, to commemorate his birthday. I wrote about how very much we wanted to add a second child into our family. I wrote about the whirlwind experience of our lives as we prepared for Jack’s birth (including moving twice in five days, just two weeks before he [...]

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (aka "Why did you name me Molly?")

Molly was not feeling well tonight. If her glassy, half open four year old eyes and slightly elevated temperature weren’t a clue of this, then her words surely were. She came to me in the living room and pathetically (and tearfully) cried out, “Why did you not name me a Bible name?” She then continued [...]

Why Can’t We Manage to Cry Out for Help When We’re Lost?

On a recent drive into the country to go to a friend’s house for a playdate, with the kids happily talking in the back, planning what they would do with them that sunny afternoon, I couldn’t help but to suddenly think of something that had happened on the way back from this friend’s house a [...]

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