From the monthly archives:

December 2009

One Child’s Right to Sled and Be Noisy

December 16, 2009

You’ll be thrilled to hear that most of my Christmas decorating is finally complete. Mostly done. I live amid amazingly organized moms in my area, people who were finished with the tree raising and decorating, gift shopping AND wrapping all before Thanksgiving. I stand in awe of their level of organization; I am as different [...]

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You HAVE to Read This

December 14, 2009

As I have been writing again — something I used to do as naturally and as often as drinking water but lost sight of at least a decade ago – it’s pretty obvious that my style of dealing with most negative emotions can be summarized as satirical, snarky, cynical, and self-deprecating. As is evidenced by my [...]

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The Original SuperWoman

December 14, 2009

As I always do this time of year, I’m reflecting about Mary and Joseph, and the stable, the three wisemen, the beauty and glory of the birth of that baby boy. While I know I should be more focused on Jesus, my mind always wanders to study Mary. How must she have felt? How did [...]

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Random Saturday Observations #1

December 12, 2009

By the time I get to the weekend, I find that my ability to make smooth transitions between my thoughts and paragraphs wanes like daylight in the early winter. Since I’m the one in charge here, I’m officially decreeing Saturdays as list and/or observation days. The tidbits may or may not be related, and if [...]

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The Neglected To-do List

December 11, 2009

Some days I can handle the fragmentation of the SAHM life quite well. Other days, I am sure there is a low-end padded cell (sadly, I picture mattresses bungy-corded to cinderblock walls) complete with uniformed attendants and pill-wielding Nurse Ratchets to drug me in to oblivion every few hours. What is really scary is that [...]

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