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A Thank-You Note to My Kids

A Thank-You Note to My Kids

Emily Post might cringe in her grave at all the mannerly blunders that pave my path. Despite the best of intentions, I find myself failing in proper etiquette more often that soaring. It’s not that my mother and grandmother didn’t teach me well… or that Miss Ela...
Retrofitting Normal

Retrofitting Normal

Sitting across the room from a medical professional, I reeled from the words nonchalantly floated my way. “I said to your child, ‘You’re not normal… Let’s work on that,’” His matter-of-fact manner, as if discovering a vitamin deficiency, stunned me. Watching all my...
Table Talk – Thoughts on the Election

Table Talk – Thoughts on the Election

For today’s Table Table Talk, I hope you don’t mind connecting over to our friend Janet Denison’s husband. Jim writes a terrific blog on truth and culture (Denison Forum on Truth and Culture – connect and subscribe, such interesting...
Striving For Still

Striving For Still

There’s a fun new place in the blogsphere with lots of great bloggers weighing in. I’m the “one of these things is not like the others” ~ but since they asked, I shared … and will share some of our stuff every so often. Here’s my...
The One Thing

The One Thing

Nothing like driving with your daughter sitting next to you and an advertisement for Dr. Phil’s interview with Lindsay Lohan’s mom comes on the radio.  My girls loved Lindsay Lohan in Parent Trap. They have no clue about her train-wreck of a life and they...
Morning Mood Perspective

Morning Mood Perspective

Ahhh… morning moods. Nothing like a houseful of tween/teens to get your day started with a bang – or drip … depending upon your perspective. Today started as usual. One of my super productive kids greets me, dressed and ready for school. Up at 6:30...

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