I have really enjoyed this summer. Last summer I tried reallyreally hard to enjoy summer, but I was trying because we knew that two of our four kids were having major heart surgery at the end of the summer. So we were playing like our lives depended on it. I’m very thankful we spent our…

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Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. We began attending a new church plant in our area a few months ago and have been slowly trying to have each of…

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I have read that when someone in your immediate family dies, you are forever changed. The loss and the drastic changes in your life affect you in a permanent way. So part of the grieving process is learning to be this new person that you have become. Elli has been gone nearly ten months. It’s…

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I distinctly remember saying, “I’m taking a shower. Don’t do anything you aren’t supposed to do .” I walked out of my room a little while later to find this. The kicker? The kids didn’t notice the mess.

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I’ve been window-shopping at this site for months, trying to decide which shirt I like best so I can order one. Scott likes “Joy” the best, but I am so torn between “Joy,” “Beloved,” and “Such Things.” And I can’t order more than one — the budget just won’t allow. But one of the coolest…

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I was searching my computer for a file that turns out not to exist, when I stumbled across this. It was a slide show that I took to Elli’s class in September, just a couple of weeks into the school year. I used it to introduce her to her classmates and give them a chance…

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