Lux et umbra vicissum…

My two year old has apparently learned the fine art of lulling mommy into a false sense of security. The darling child will go for several days without getting into any real trouble. She’ll color only on the coloring books and papers available for such things, she’ll nicely look at books that are available, and […]

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I thank the Lord for Haymarket Pediatrics! I got Eli in there yesterday afternoon. His lungs were sounding clear by then, so his coughing had gotten the worst of the stuff out of them. When the doctor looked in his ear, she said she couldn’t see in very well because wax was blocking the canal. […]

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When we lived out in Bristow, we had an absolutely fabulous pediatrician.  Actually, there were two doctors in the practice by the time we moved, and we liked both of them.  They were excellent doctors, and also excellent organizers.  By that, I mean that they limited their patient base to a number that allowed them […]

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I hate fungus.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I love mushrooms on pizza, in meatloaf, on salads, etc.  They’re healthy and yummy.  I would say that if you start eating them, even if you don’t like them at first, they can grow on you. But they shouldn’t grow on you. I don’t remember having problems […]

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I thought I had it made this morning. When we got to church and I went in with the four littlest to drop them off at their classes, the four year old went in perfectly happily. “Wow!” I thought. “No fireworks this morning, no having to coerce or bribe her… progress!” HA!

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A friend from our web board recently received an email that really got me worked up. She and her husband are both on the pastoral staff of their church, and they’ve been trying to keep the church family up to date on adoption happenings. (They’re mid-process right now.) They’ve mentioned their financial need to people, […]

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I was getting ready to write a rant about an email a friend received, but I realized as I was thinking it through that a good portion of my rant would address PAD, or Post Adoption Depression, so I decided I should make a separate post on that first. Being part of the adoption community […]

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Ok, we’re switched over! Joel says I’m going to become a PHP hack because I was mucking about with the code for my blog a good bit yesterday (which is why I didn’t end up posting at all). That is to say, if something doesn’t work, it’s probably my fault. 🙂 Feel free to let […]

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