Dear Jera, I remember the last time I saw you. You were so cute – laying there in the grass, watching the world go by. I actually had picked up the camera to get a picture of you when the garbage truck came. Now, I wish I had run out to hold you, to assure you that it was okay. But I didn’t realize how scared you would be. To me, the garbage truck was just an annoyingly noisy thing…
Amy at Amy’s Humble Musings had a really great post recently. She was referring to the example of a mother who is unable, though she tries, to breastfeed her child and is forced to use formula. However, I believe the main point can apply to other areas (emphasis mine): And so, the woman on the breastfeeding soapbox misses the greater principle of loving her neighbor while she concentrates on the fact that breastmilk really is best. (It is!) The young…
This weekend, my brother popped the question to his girlfriend, Molly! I got a text message late last night from AJ that said, “She said yes!” So I’m looking forward to having a new sister-in-law sometime next Spring. :-)
One year ago today, Emily stood at our reception and sang this song: You’re Still the One (Shania Twain) Looks like we made it Look how far we’ve come my baby We mighta took the long way We knew we’d get there someday They said, “I bet they’ll never make it” But just look at us holding on We’re still together still going strong (You’re still the one) You’re still the one I run to The one that I belong…
I am so excited to share with y’all my newly designed blog! This past week I was helping Beth set up her blog over at The Natural Mommy, and going through all the WordPress templates made me want to redesign my blog too. :-) I’m really excited about how everything turned out! I’m still tweaking some stuff, but for the most part I’m done. One thing I want to point out about this template… You see the big number to…