My husband and I will celebrate our thirteenth anniversary in a few weeks. We’ve crammed a lot into those 13 years – the births of four children, countless vehicle purchases and sales, two children’s medical crises, six open-heart surgeries (all on kids), emergency hospital admissions, the death of a child, depression, changing churches, the death…

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As I posted yesterday, I’m cohosting a link-up here, at World Vision’s blog, to benefit Famine No More, a fund to bring food and water to the victims of east Africa’s famine. It occurred to me that perhaps some of you are wondering what this link-up thing is, anyway. I’m happy to help. What’s a…

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“Can I have a snack?” “I’m so hungry mom. Is it dinnertime yet?” “I’m starving – what can I eat? No, I don’t want that. Do you have ____?” So much of my day revolves around my children ruled by their bellies. They eat three meals and a snack. The youngest, with his medical condition…

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Did you know that older children, especially boys, wait longer for sponsors? A couple of weeks ago, I met boys who had been on the waiting list for sponsors for six years. It broke my heart. Apparently, even in our compassion, we’re suckers for cute and little. I get it – I think puppies and…

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He’s surrounded by dozens of cars, at least half of which are from the movies “Cars” and “Cars 2.” Yet, at least once a day he asks me if we can go the store with toys. Whenever I round the kids up to run errands, he asks, “Are there toys there? Can I get a…

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