Monthly Archives: April 2010

It’s From the Heart… or the Hair?

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Me:
Bella, it’s kind of chilly outside. Why don’t you wear pants to church?

Bella:
But, Moooommmmy, I want to wear a beautiful dwess, so I will be all beautiful.

Me:
Remember, love, it’s not about what we wear that makes us beautiful. It’s about our heart.

Bella:
I know. But I looooove my pwetty dwesses. Please, Mommy? Please may I wear a dwess?

Me:
Ok. You can wear a dress. But what is it that makes you beautiful?

Bella:
My wed hair.

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Have I ever mentioned that we’re doomed?

Oh yes, hundreds of times.

Moonless Seas

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“All along, let us remember,
we are not asked to understand,
but simply to obey…
‘And only Heaven is better
than to walk with Christ at midnight,
over moonless seas–’
I couldn’t feel frightened then.
Praise Him for the moonless seas–
all the better the opportunity
for proving Him to be indeed the El Shaddai,
‘the God who is Enough.’”
(~Amy Carmichael)
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Another Round Begins

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This will be a pretty raw post, because that’s where I am, so consider yourself forewarned.

Raw. Bloodied. Beaten. Wounded. Exhausted.

Another round begins… more scans, more blood work, more appointments, more follow up and more surgery.

It’s long and it’s complicated, and I am completely overwhelmed.

I saw a specialist this week who is sending me for several follow up scans. She’s the one that looked at me and said, “Because you’re at such a high risk for recurrence… blah, blah, blah….”  Read more... (699 words, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)

Wedding Plans?

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Remember this little love story?

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Well, Mr. Austin is at it again. Apparently, while she was busy trying to write an email to me, Marni’s boy planned his future. And Bella’s.

Austin: When I grow up, I’m going to drive my gray car to see Audrey. She gonna have a pink car. Den we race. But I have to use my red car for racing.
Marni: Really? Then what are you going to do?
Austin: Den I gonna go back to her house and be married.  Read more... (110 words, 1 image, estimated 26 secs reading time)