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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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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
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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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Dear Me, About teaching the kids to say please and thank you…
“The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.” – Fred Astaire Dear Me, Dad tells this cute story about how, when you were a toddler and picked up an object that you shouldn’t be in … Continue reading
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Dear Me, About Punishing a Child’s Mistake…
“A child is a curly dimpled lunatic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Me, A dear friend just told me a funny story. Her six and four year old boys came upstairs – all proud, mind you – to show her … Continue reading
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Dear Me, About Marital Spats…
“I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That’s a bad place for an argument because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.” – Mitch Hedberg Dear Me, OK, I realize that … Continue reading