He Must Really Love Me

With my first trimester coming to a close, I am finally starting to feel grounded again after this pregnancy knocked me off my socks.  I definitely got off to a rocky start with all of the unpleasant symptoms of maternity.  But if you didn’t know that I was sick so often that I lost weight [...]

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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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Addressing Faulty Thinking

I don’t usually watch TV.  I don’t have any favorite shows that I tune into every night.  I don’t have a regularly scheduled program.  So on the days when I do decide to turn on the television, I usually end up turning it off after 15 minutes because I flipped through all of the channels [...]

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Losing Accountability

Sometimes I am too hard on my husband.  I get upset because I feel like he is not maturing at the rate that I am.  I get frustrated that he seems to lack a common decency for anyone not in his inner circle.  I want to pull out my hair when he FORGETS SOMETHING.  That [...]

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By any other name would smell as sweet

I am getting married in three weeks and I am going to change my last name to his.  I say this a little easier now that I have officially made the decision, but as little as one month ago I was still trying to figure out a way to keep my maiden name.  A recently married [...]

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