I’ve been busy this week managing a new medical crisis with one of the kids (as I suspected, our Little Boy has more secrets) and planning a secret weekend getaway for my husband, so I hope you’ll forgive the lack of writing originality as we enjoy some quiet time away together. This is a repost…

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Two of my four children have had open heart surgery. In fact, between the two of them we’ve gone through six open-heart surgeries. It’s a heavy responsibility to sign papers consenting for your child’s surgery, anesthesia, and blood transfusions after they give you the speech about all the potentially-fatal risks of everything they are going…

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It’s 4:40pm, and I’ve run out of energy before I’ve run out of day. My youngest has been sick for weeks, had an allergic reaction to another medication yesterday, and is soon heading to the O.R. for a surgical solution to this problem which can no longer be treated medically. He also didn’t take a…

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Despite being a mom for ten years, I still can’t kick my obsession with efficiency. I do things as quickly as I can, arranging things and schedules to get the most done with the least effort. Kids don’t get that. They see the pile of shoes waiting for feet by the garage door and think,…

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What did you expect from life when you were young? How did it affect you when life didn’t turn out that way? I had all sorts of ideas and fantasies, and pretty much all of them have deviated from reality by at least a little. Like that my children would be healthy. That praying and…

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Each month, Elizabeth Esther, of “Kids, Twins, & Laundry Bins,” hosts a blog carnival, The Saturday Evening Blog Post. Bloggers can feature their favorite post from the previous month, and find tons of great new writers. Visit her site, link to your best post of 2009, and check out the other amazing posts! This Saturday,…

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