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Little Graces…

Sometimes all the patience is sucked out, like a Hoover that tirelessly lives up to its brand.  Or perhaps like my new LG- promising that life will be good when you use the label.  But when air is emptied from within, like a sucker punch to the gut, and all patience, understanding, joy and hope …

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On being a spirited child…

An open letter to teachers, care-givers and parents of spirited children everywhere: Dear Caregiver, I am sorry my child lay on the floor today and refused to participate in your class.  I also apologize that she further disregarded your implicit instructions pertaining to scheduled activities, not to mention more than once did exactly the opposite …

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Laughing my way into Monday…

While leaving from church and talking about Operation Christmas Child as we made tracks for home, my youngest and next in line are chatting about what they will put in this year’s boxes (because apparently, they are going to do a zillion of em’). Youngest says, “But we won’t put in any BOMBS or toothpaste.” …

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On the value of ‘true grit’…

My children have been gifted.  Gifted with family who value faith, honesty, respect, education and co-operative learning; hard work, effort, diversity, honor and humor.   Among other positive qualities.  All which serve to instil within our offspring an appreciation for integrity and a value for a high standard of living.  We work hard as parents to …

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The joy of children…

I am a kindergarten teacher.  I have the unique privilege of teaching children who WANT to go to school.  Children who look downcast when you tell them Saturday is a day off and that after Saturday is Sunday-another day away from school.  Children who share that what makes them happy is ‘going to school’.   Children …

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The joy of being the T.P. Queen…

I’m starting to think the new normal for me is crazy chaos. I woke up an hour past my alarm this morning.  I woke with a start, bolting out of bed like a crazed woman at a red-tag sale.  Catapulting myself pell-mell down the staircase and into the shower, where I had just enough time …

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On ‘eating my words’ (or better called Humble Pie…)

I have a friend who chooses to stay at home in spite of the fact that all her children are now in elementary school.  She was a former professional, prior to the birth of her children.   But following the birth of her second last child, she decided she no longer feels called to work outside …

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The Beauty of Today (Living in the Moment)

As a mom, I feel pressure to capture and preserve every waking moment of my four children’s lives. To photograph, video-tape, blog, anecdote; to keep a baby calendar, baby-record book, family scrapbook, and personal diary; to Facebook, Pinterest, Tweet and Instagram for the love of my children; and to do things the old-fashioned way: write …

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The Joys of Hide and Go Seek (it’s all fun and games until someone gets discovered…)

We are T-minus zero to bedtime.  I am so ready for this. Then one of the rug-rats hollers from the T.V. room, “Daddy promised we could have a game of ‘Hide-and-Go-Seek.’   In the dark.  He promised!” He promised, did he?  Was his head connected to the rest of his body when these shady deals were …

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The joy of car dealerships…

Last November, we had a vehicle accident that left our van totalled.  Our four precious children were on board, along with my mother and father.  As a result of this unfortunate event, we were in the market for a new van to replace Ole’ Bessy who ended up in the junk yard.  Bless her soul.  …

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The joy being enough (otherwise known as the Joy of Dr. Suess…)

Who I am is enough.  For now.  And I say this first and foremost.  The rest will follow as it may. I am under the table wiping up crumbs.  While I clean, I talk to Husband, who is wiping counters.  I talk about my troubles with Daughter Number One.  She has been extraordinarily moody of …

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Epilogue: the raw, un-cut version…

As a secondary piece to that last post, I thought I would follow up with what happened next…after the E/N/T specialist appointment.  As I had been given the information that there was a problem, somewhere in THERE- just not necessarily with my voice box and vocal chords primarily, I left thinking that I might need …

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