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The Dino-Mite Gift Of Laughter
#3’s 13th birthday has come & gone, which now brings our house’s teenage total to THREE. We have some limited experience with teenagers because 3’s older sisters are now 16 and 15, but since 3 is also our oldest boy, this is a fairly new road for us. This year has already brought about changes that seemingly appeared overnight. #3 transformed from a gangly stick of a boy whose voice I’d mistake for his sister’s on the phone to a MAN. Seriously- puberty, y’all. The voice deepened, the daily showers, the newfound love for wrestling and all things warrior-like, and the hesitation in my husband’s step when #3 wanted to…
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Laughing Through Tears
So the blog’s been quiet as of late, & though I kept thinking I’d update, days became weeks. Now granted, life’s been busy, but that’s typical here. My radio silence has been more than that. Life’s been busy, but it’s also been more difficult. You know those periods in your life when it feels as though you’re swimming along -just like Dory in Finding Nemo, & a giant wave crashes over you? You come up gasping for air, thinking: just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, But then another wave knocks you down. And another. That’s what life has felt like for the past month or so.…
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When Crank-y Calls
As much as I hate that I feel this way, this summer is dragging…. normally I love summer. LUVVV summer. The oppressive heat. The piercing sunshine. The smell of chlorinated pools. Bring it on! But this summer, juggling all six kids alone all day every day (one still a newborn) has led to considerably less enthusiasm for hot summer days and long summer nights. Looong summer nights… So I’ll admit I’ve been somewhat… cranky at times. Maybe most of the time. I’ve had more trouble than usual finding the humor and pep in it all- sleep deprivation will do that to a girl. But despite my crankiness, the kids have…
