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Beautiful Words and Dirty Laundry

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It was just a few hours before they would arrive for dinner.  A family from church would be coming over.  They had never been to our home before.  I honestly was a little stressed, as I typically am before guests arrive.  My house is not fancy or big or full of Pottery Barn decor.  I, like many of you, lead a hectic life, with a lot on my plate.  I don’t always keep my house as tidy as I should.  What if they see a dusty end table?  A stray sock in the living room?  A sink full of dishes?  What will they think?  More important, what will they think of me?

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An Inconvenient Meeting

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As I mentioned in my last post, my son had found a tick embedded inside of his shoulder.  Try as I might I could not remove the tick.  I was on and off the phone with my husband discussing ways to remove the little pest.  My oldest son was scouring the internet in search of some solution.  We tried tweezers, squeezing, Vaseline, liquid soap; we even lit a match, blew it out, and touched the tick’s back with the hot end.  Nothing.  He was not going to budge.
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Letting Down Your Guard

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Yesterday morning my 14 year old son came down stairs visibly flustered.  “There’s a tick stuck in me.”  I squinted and strained my eyes to try and decipher what I was actually looking at.  This was a speck, no bigger than a grain of sand or the tip of a pin;  it could easily be mistaken for an ordinary skin mole or a fleck of dirt.  After several minutes I concluded that this little dot was indeed a tick embedded in his shoulder.
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Choosing to Be Mom

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In the six short years that followed college graduation, the Lord had changed my heart dramatically.  He had allowed me to see that His way was best.  He had opened the path for a new career and a fresh outlook on family life.

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From the Corporate World to Motherhood

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I remember having a conversation with a college friend about what our future plans after graduation would be.   I wanted a big city job, with a big city paycheck, and big list of accomplishments.   I wanted to dress in my tailored suits, carry a briefcase, commute to New York, and have the corner office.   Married life was not a priority, and the thought of being a mother was not even on the radar.

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The Secret to a Successful Marriage

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Today my husband and I celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary.   It seems inconceivable that twenty years have passed.  But the gray hairs and wrinkles and expanded waistline remind me that yes indeed, twenty years have elapsed.  The husband of my youth is now the husband of my middle-age.  And you know what?  Life and love have only grown sweeter.

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Easter: His Finished Work is My New Beginning

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“It is finished.”

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Children and Lyme Disease – Part 3 – In For the Long Haul

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Continued from my last post… 
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Children and Lyme Disease – Part 2 – When Lyme Lingers

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Children and Lyme Disease – Part I

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Last year I took some time to write about my experience with undiagnosed Lyme Disease.  I’ve decided to dedicate the next few blog posts to discussing Lyme Disease as it relates to children.   It’s one thing when we experience illness ourselves, but it can be downright heart-wrenching to watch a loved one battle illness, especially when that loved one is a child.
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