(Click here for the original Not Me! Monday by McMomma) This week’s Not Me! Monday theme is “Things the Dog Ate.” For I, the responsible and consistent mother that I am, did not leave brand-new, super-cute leather sandals for Little Boy out within reach of Xena Warrior Princess’s leather-loving jaws. I also did not fail…

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Ever since my oldest daughter died last fall, I’ve become painfully aware of just how pervasive “death talk” is in our language. We say things like, “That kills me” or “I could have just died” or “I could have killed her for saying that.” We all treat death a little flippantly, and don’t even hear…

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As you may have noticed, I’ve been away from the blog all week. We’ve been busy with summer fun: swimming lessons, silliness, shopping, silliness, taking walks, silliness, and playing outside. Did I mention silliness? I love how easily the kids make us laugh! However, I seriously underestimated how much time it would take to keep…

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When painting Little Girl’s finger- and toe-nails bright pink, Little Boy became very interested in proceedings. To the point of begging, pleading, then insisting on having his toes painted too. I most certainly did NOT paint my young son’s toenails a (nearly) invisible shade of pink. Not me! When Little Girl forgot to use the…

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I’m really struggling with the place death has, and does not have, in our society right now – in the USA in the year 2009. So I’m going to think “outloud” here for little while. On the one hand, I think that Americans try our best to avoid serious, real discussions about it. We’d like…

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