Silencing the Dust Bunnies

By two or three o’clock each day, my house looks like a toy monster exploded in a library.  Schooling my elder two children while keeping the youngest three entertained, fed, happy and out of trouble takes its toll on the house.  By this point in the day I have started laundry, started doing dishes , [...]

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One Thing

Here are some things I wish I was doing:

Writing everyday
Singing more
Getting up before the kids
Spending time with God each morning and night
Teaching my kids logic
Sighing at my children less and laughing with them more
Eating healthy
Making DH feel like a super hero
Living simply
Taking more risks
Calmly training my kids
Remembering the important things
Letting life experiences teach my kids [...]

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Post-Election Pause

Well, for someone who claims to enjoy political discussion, I totally dropped the ball this election season and didn’t even blog once regarding politics of any kind!  This isn’t because I was uninterested, because I was watching, listening, learning, and reading avidly.  But I was reluctant to blog because my faith in the reliability of [...]

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Worries

As I have written before, pregnancy seems to be a time for increased worrying.  While I don’t worry constantly, I have noticed that I go through “worry phases”.  As the birth of our little one draws near, being now only two months away, I find that my worries have started plaguing me again.  This time, [...]

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Better Off? A Trial by Earthquake

Well, as many of you know, there was a pretty good-sized earthquake out here in Hawaii this morning.  A little after seven, Dh and I woke up thinking that four or five big burly guys were shaking our bed.   Once we were good and awake, though, we realized it was an earthquake.  We had experienced [...]

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Simplify

I didn’t get around to that post I promised a few days ago.  I’m at the beginning of my third trimester, and starting to slow down I think.  Sleeping all the way through the night is a memory now as I trek to the bathroom every couple of hours.  The lack of sleep, I think, [...]

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Dreaming

This weekend has been one for dreaming.  For a long time I have longed for a change in lifestyle that would lead us out of the “rat race” and into the “country life”.  A simpler lifestyle.  Kind of a “Little House on the Prairie” only with electricity way of life. 
Unfortunately, I am completely ill-equipped for [...]

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Full Quiver…?

Since before we married, DH and I have struggled with the issue of “controlling” our fertility.  Was it our place to try to limit the number of children we have or space the way we think best?  Or should we, in faith, welcome God’s blessings into our lives and trust that He who blesses will [...]

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Provision

One of my favorite names for God found in the Bible is Jehovah Jireh.  It means God Provides, and I have never found Him to be otherwise than a magnificent provider. 
When we found out we were expecting another child, I realized that by this point, some baby things are needing replacement.  Mainly we were in need of [...]

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Talking into the Night

After the presents were opened, the cake mashed and (we hope) eaten, baths taken and bedtime stories read, we had a chance to visit with our friends.  DH and his friend played a game while my friend, V, and I got a chance to visit. 
And boy did we.  Normally when we get together our attention [...]

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