Things on my mind today

~ Today our 2009 deficit was projected at $490,000,000,000.  Phew!  That means that Bush’s present to my baby will be a rough $1600 debt that he/she will have before her very first breath is even taken
~ There will always be struggles in our life, big or small, public or private.  At what point does “helping” [...]

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Help This Precious Child

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 NASB
Dear God, I thank You for the gift of this child to raise,
this life to share, this mind to help mold,
this body to nurture, and this spirit to enrich.
Let me never betray this child’s [...]

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Road Rage

I wasn’t quite prepared for this pregnancy.  Ryan and I had vowed to have one year of marriage before even bringing up the topic of children.  People asked us all the time, of course, “when are you guys gonna have a baby?”  We always shooed them away, bragging about our one year vow.  Our one [...]

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Memorable Reactions

Ryan: “That’s wonderful!”
Brittany: “Oh my God! Oh my God!”
Mom: speechless and crying
Ken: ”You can always stop by for something like that!”
Dad:  “That’s the best news I’ve heard in a long time!”
Honorable mention: “you told your Mom before me?!”
Jim:  “I’m so proud of you”
Sharon: her stomach started to hurt, she blamed it on the food
It’s official, dear [...]

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Back to the peanut farm

There once was a gifted man.  The man came from a humble background but was exceptionally smart and worked hard to fulfill his dream of becoming Chief of Naval Operations.  When he was Lieutenant and only years away from serving on a nuclear submarine, the man’s father died.  The man was forced to retire his successful naval career and return to [...]

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