The mown-grass path led through the long-empty cow pasture, along the tree line, to a clearing under this gnarled oak. The air settled clammy on our skin as we unloaded camp chairs, tents, cooler, and bedding. We pitched our two tents, with eager hands spreading fabric and clicking poles into place. The 7-year-old, struggling to…

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In 2 Samuel 12, we read how King David, the “man after God’s own heart,” committed adultery with another man’s wife while he was away at war. When she conceived his child, David tried to get her husband to come sleep with her to hide the adultery. Her husband refused, so David had him killed…

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This week I wrote on Facebook and Twitter that I think women should feel free and comfortable breast-feeding in public, and also that women who bottle/formula feed should be free from judgment and criticism. No-one has any right to criticize the way you feed your child as long as you do, in fact, feed them.…

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I love to exploretry new things sample new foodsvisit places I’ve never been before exploring is fun to do aloneI spent a summer in New York City while in college(where I didn’t spend all my time exploring alone –that’s the summer my husband and I realized we wanted to get married…but that’s another story) I…

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My daughter Elli loved to laugh. Her smile brightened the earliest morning and the starkest exam room. With the help of her beloved Veggie Tales videos or favorite music, she would smile through injections, repeated attempts to place an I.V. into her veins, painful stretches, uncomfortable stints strapped into a stander, and the ripping-off of…

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This week I’ve been celebrating my blog five-year birthday! Even my husband got into the spirit of things, bringing me blog-o-versary flowers! Yep, he’s a keeper. I used Random.Org’s random integer generator to select the winners of my birthday celebration giveaways. Congratulations to Angela, winner of $20 to Mary Kay; Chelsea, winner of $25 in…

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