Lux et umbra vicissum…

I wish these anti-depressants would kick in. Did you know that postpartum depression is kicked off by the drop in pregnancy hormones in a woman’s body? That same drop happens when a woman miscarries. Granted, the drop isn’t as severe since the hormone level hasn’t gotten as high, but she also doesn’t have a little […]

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Not long after my last entry, Joel and I were thrilled to find out that we were in fact expecting again. The first test I had done gave a false negative, but I tested again a few days later and it was positive. Then I started bleeding. I’ve been through this once before and it […]

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Now, to be fair, I did say I’d have to have a very convincing reason to return to WalMart for portraits. I got one. 🙂 After checking out The Picture People’s packages, I decided we couldn’t afford them. They have a good reputation, but the cost is higher than I remembered. (We had a picture […]

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As much as I like WalMart in general, unless I have a very convincing reason to go there for pictures again, it ain’t happening. A few days ago I called and made a portrait appointment for today at a WalMart fairly near us. We’ve had good pictures taken by the photographer there before and I […]

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I’ve noticed at least two real life examples where one plus one does not equal two. The first is having a second child. Thankfully in this case, one plus one seems to equal more like one and a half since the older child actually entertains the younger one a bit (even when they don’t intend […]

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I’m three days late and not pregnant. Normally that would be depressing, but it’s not a terrible thing this month. First of all, we took a break from “trying” in that I didn’t bother checking my ovulation tester. It made a significant difference in my stress level, enough so that I’m wondering if I should […]

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Our flex money is gone by now, so I’ve been putting off going to the chiropractor. I had been going about once a week to keep my spine in place; it goes out a lot as I trip over toys and heave children hither, thither, and yon. Joel was going with me since his lower […]

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Wow, I’m tired. We stayed up too late last night listening to election reports on WTOP even though we knew very well the silly thing wouldn’t be over by morning. 😛 Even given the late night, I was doing ok until the girls’ doctor’s appointment. When we went in a couple of days ago, the […]

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Tell my girls that. I was glad I brought the tissues. 😛 So I headed for the polls just before 10:30 this morning. Perfect time, right? I mean, the people voting before work would be gone, lunch crowd wouldn’t be there yet, not nap time… sounds great. Should go smoothly, right? Parking was as bad […]

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This Croatia thing has got me all in a tizzy. On Sunday, a rather last minute very short term mission trip was announced. Bob Hitching, a missionary supported by our church who works with the Roma Gypsies, could use help distributing Operation Christmas Child boxes in Croatia. The trip will be for one week, from […]

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