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Day 27 – Flinching At Life

Art by messycanvas  bumped from the archives   I jump when they say, “Boo!” Why does my heart race and I feel alarm even when laughter has covered their faces, and I feel no shame in having been gotten? This fear, where does it come from?  ***** It comes from sitting on the toilet and…

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Incarnation – It Means Something!

  Conservative Christianity has not taught me to be a healthy person, and it has not taught me how to raise healthy children. The view I was raised with, the advice I keep seeing handed out, the wisdom I listened to for 90 minutes this morning, basically assumes everything needed for life – even for…

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Beautifully Unuseful to God, and an Interview

I am on the neon green blow-up raft, desperately trying to stay afloat, to relax amidst the play of kids.  Futile, I know.  They’ve decided to play ‘King of the Raft’ instead, and I am being pushed and pulled off, toppled and dunked by 3 small children.  Their currency is laughter and they spend it…

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10 (+2) Books for the Kiddos

  I homeschool, so we go through a lot of books.  We own a lot of books.  My husband finally had to build me a very large bookshelf/desk/storage unit in our entryway, and that still isn’t enough.  (I’d take a picture but it’s really dirty!)  All that to say, I love books, and kids books. …

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