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Laughing At Spilled Milk: GPS Failures and Prime Numbered Booklets
Today, so far, has been the very definition of a Laughing At Spilled Milk day. I actually thought it was going to be great because when I woke up, it was from one of those weird dreams in which you … Continue reading
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Battle of the Bulge: What I’m Learning and Unanswered Questions
It has been a over month since I started on this new eating adventure: sitting down at a table to eat with no entertainment to distract me. I confess that I have been far from perfect with it (this week … Continue reading
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Laughing At Spilled Milk: The Hobbit House
Last month I released two of my boys into an experience every entitled middle class college kid should have to go through: living off campus. When I took my first child to college – and left him there – … Continue reading
Hope for the Marthaholic – A Story of Recovery
“It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night anxiously working…for God gives rest to his loved ones.” Psalm 127:2 Ten years ago I was a raging Marthaholic. My day was scheduled from … Continue reading
Laughing At Spilled Milk: The Truth About Marthaholics
“Take my yolk upon you and let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle in heart, and you will find rest for your soul.” Matthew 11:29 “Jesus loves me. This I know, for my completed to-do … Continue reading
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Laughing At Spilled Milk: Hi, My Name’s Jamison, and I’m a Marthaholic
“As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. … Continue reading
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Dear Me, about Protecting Your Kids…
“(Love) always protects.” – 1 Corinthians 13:7 Dear Me, Remember when you held our oldest for the first time. He was so beautiful, flawless, innocent. There was not a single physical or emotional scar on him and your strongest desire … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Child-rearing, Dear Me, Expectations, family, goals, Kids, kids and school, Letting Go, Mommy Grief, parenting, parenting goals, Self Control, temper, Wisdom
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Dear Me, About Kindness…
“He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” – Saint Basil “Love is Kind.” 1Corinthians 13:4 Dear Me, About Kindness… We parents don’t talk a lot about kindness because it’s sort of an understood. However, … Continue reading
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Dear Me, About Mom Anger
“Love is not easily angered; does not fly off the handle” – 1 Corinthians 13:5 “Anger is a short madness.” – Horace Dear Me, Mom anger is an uncomfortable but important topic for us to discuss. Statistically, it holds more potential … Continue reading
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Dear Me, About Patience Part Two
“Love is Patient.” 1Corinthians 13:4 “There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: impatience and laziness.” – Franz Kafka Dear Me, So, its 4pm Christmas Eve 1996 and the entire extended family will be descending upon your home … Continue reading
Dear Me, About Patience…
“Love is Patient.” 1Corinthians 13:4 “You can learn many things from children; how much patience you have, for instance.” – Franklin P. Jones Dear Me, Everyone knows that parents need patience so I ‘m not writing to you of the … Continue reading
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Dear Me, about PMS…
“Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.” – Rosanne Barr Dear Me, PMS is viewed as the bane of the existence of most every woman … Continue reading
Dear Me, About Being a “Good” Mom…
“It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” ~From the television show The Golden Girls Dear Me, So back when you were pregnant with your first, you and Troy took classes at the hospital … Continue reading
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