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Living With Epilepsy: Baseball

Posted in Family Life, Words of Encouragement, authenticity, epilepsy, tagged , , on March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »

It doesn’t matter that he’s never played before, neither has 3/4 of the team. It doesn’t even matter if the ball is coming at him at 70 miles per hour, he wants to catch. Turns out, he’s really good at catching. It doesn’t even matter that I have a thousand what if scenarios running through [...]

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Tiger’s Confession: I’m Sorry vs I Was Wrong

Posted in Family Life, Liturgical Studies, Redemption's Heart - pieces of my story, Words of Encouragement, tagged , , on February 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Me — “Tell your brother that you’re sorry.”
Child “Sooorrryyy!”
Me – “No, say you’re sorry like you mean it!”
Eye roll.
Sigh.
Me “Well if you two don’t make up, I’m going to make you sit on the couch and hold hands until you forgive each other.”
– Word to the wise N-E-V-E-R do that if you have boys. I [...]

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The Higher Road to liturgical literacy

Posted in Family Life, Liturgical Studies, Sermons I like, Words of Encouragement, tagged , , on February 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Funerals denied.  Ashes held for ransom. Heirlooms stolen by angry family member. An old friend suddenly dies.The meanest pastor in the world is layed to rest. And I don’t have the faintest clue which road to travel.
Hearts are still tender today. It’s been a long strange road this past week and we aren’t finished walking it yet. [...]

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My Husband, The Prophet

Posted in Family Life, humor, tagged , , on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Jeff:  Ooh blueberry cobbler! My favorite. Is that what you are making for dinner?
We’ve been together for 22 years and he knows me. Having dessert for dinner on a cold icy snow-stormy night would not be that far-fetched. But not tonight. Tonight I wanted to impress him. Contrary to popular belief, I really do like to [...]

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I Love You Too Mom

Posted in Family Life, Redemption's Heart - pieces of my story, authenticity, tagged on January 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Don’t over react. Just stay calm and smile. You can shout for joy AFTER you leave the school parking lot. Just don’t let him see you do it.
I tell my boys I love them every morning and every night before bed. For TWO Looooong years, my youngest (now 16) would pretend not to hear me, [...]

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Thoughts on Marriage

Posted in Family Life, Redemption's Heart - pieces of my story, Thoughtful Thursdays, authenticity, tagged , , on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Now that I have totally silenced even the most loyal of readers with yesterday’s post, I thought I’d switch gears ever so slightly. Before I do, let me add that some women can be just as double minded and that post was meant to cover both. I’ve seen both sides, and probably played them back in [...]

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Another Milestone

Posted in Family Life on January 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »

If God were to line up all of the teenage boys in the world and tell me that I could pick whichever two I wanted, I’d pick mine again and again.
My oldest son turns 19 today. Gone are the days of balloons in his room and banners on the garage door. He’s in college and [...]

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The Great Rabbit Rescue

Posted in Family Life, Liturgical Studies, Redemption's Heart - pieces of my story, tagged , , on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

It sounded like a gun shot. And then another, and another. I thought war had broken out in Tulsa. Looking out our bedroom window we can see stripped and broken trees covering our yard. My beautiful trees are no more. All of our trees, save one, fell victim to the ice storm of 2007.
Amid the [...]

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Cooking with men

Posted in Family Life, authenticity, tagged , , on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

“I really like hanging out with the O’Hara’s. They laugh all the time.” — my youngest son’s girlfriend.
Being snowed in for Christmas break was fun. I had all three of my guys home with me and we all pitched in to make Christmas, well, Christmas this year.  They helped bake cookies, cook meals and hang Christmas [...]

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Oh Dear Heavens, I’m Naked! 2009 In Review

Posted in Family Life, Redemption's Heart - pieces of my story, authenticity, tagged , , , , on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There is a near naked woman on my Christmas Cards and it’s me! I’m not totally naked, it’s just that my favorite blouse (the one I’m wearing in our Christmas Card photo) is see through and nobody told me. I want to shoot my family and my overly polite friends who simply thought — “She [...]

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