Category Archives: Family

Dreams of My Father

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

No, this is not a review of the Barack Obama book. That’s Dreams From My Father. I sometimes have very vivid dreams. This caused me some trouble as a youngster as I would wake up in a panic about something … Continue reading →

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Losing a Father is Hard

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

I wrote earlier this summer about my uncle’s funeral. What made it especially hard for me was that this uncle was my dad’s identical twin. They’d suffered through the same medical issues and had both quit taking their medications (for … Continue reading →

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When you cry so much that your eyes hurt

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

We went to my uncle’s funeral this weekend. It was a long drive down & back for the kids, but my husband asked for the day off so he could be with us. My eyes hurt for almost 24 hours … Continue reading →

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Summer Scheduling

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

I try to keep our schedules pretty light year-round, but that is difficult with five kids. We are going into our busy season now – with vacation bible school this week and one week in July, t-ball for ds#1 (only … Continue reading →

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Severe Stomach Cramping …. The Story

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Where to start this story? At the beginning, I guess…. We had a full weekend. The older three kids had track meets on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was hot and humid. We brought lots of water with us and consumed … Continue reading →

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Sick Season

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

I don’t know what it is, but this year, we’ve been sick a LOT. Until this past fall, it seemed like our family didn’t get sick very much. Except for Child #4 and his battles with croup, we had only … Continue reading →

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Shocking!

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

Our water-softener developed a small leak in tank. My darling husband called in the man who installed it originally about 15 years ago for the previous (original) owner of our current house. She was a widower, so he installed a … Continue reading →

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Short Trip

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

We are supposed to be on a trip right now. We drove 12 hours to our first stop – camping with some of my darling husband’s relations. The first night was cool and somewhat windy. The heat and humidity we … Continue reading →

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Summer Project – Part 2

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

The kids excitedly watched the two chicks who hatched. None of the others hatched and per the directions, we disposed of the rest of the eggs. We cleaned the incubator and returned it. We could have returned the chicks, too, … Continue reading →

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Act of Kindness

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

We don’t usually get out to eat as a family of seven. However, we had two “free kids meal” coupons for Village Inn because of the summer reading program in which the two older children participated. Sunday afternoon found us … Continue reading →

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