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I’m a Scrapbooker?
At some point along the way, someone invited me to a scrapbooking party. This was back when Creative Memories was becoming a thing. My oldest was maybe 18 months old, and I thought: “This is great. I can preserve our memories. I can do something meaningful with all these pictures.” So I went to the…
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Gifting a Hobby (or cameras everywhere!)
My dad didn’t just buy a camera. He bought a door. And opened it to possibility. This was his first grandchild. And suddenly, photography wasn’t just interesting—it was important. So when my parents came to visit, they didn’t just take a few pictures. They took pictures of everything. The baby looking left.The baby looking right.The…
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The Cusp of the Camera Shift
Did you grow up like me? Right on the edge of something shifting, or developing (pun intended). Not dramatically. Not all at once. But quietly… and then all at once. See if this sounds familiar: Cameras were always around when I was growing up. The kind where you loaded a roll of film and had…
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Allergen-Friendly Foods
This post is a two parts in one. This first section is about food options free of common allergens and my family’s faves. The second is my position on Epicure 2.0. Read none, some, all. This is where I stand. In future, current food links will be on my links page. Choosing What is for…
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Pivoting in Place
Nope, I really haven’t moved. Seems since 1998 I’ve been in the exact same place. That’s the kind of person I think I am, though. I bloom where I’m planted. And guess what? I like my pot. It’s a nice pot, plenty of sun, good soil, I’m watered regularly. Sometimes I have to be repotted…
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The Night Before
It’s the night before we take our fourth child to the campus of his college. Or is it the night before our fourth son embarks on his college journey? Both are true. The first is about me and how I’m feeling. The other is about him. Same space of time. Same people in the house.…
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Wednesday, July 30
Sunday, July 30: Home Morning The details don’t matter. J & A walked out together with all the paperwork, supplies, and instructions for healing at home. PRAISE yeah…just praise the Lord! So much to be grateful for! PRAYER In the midst of it all, in every detail…is Jesus. Messages left in blog comments can be…
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Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, July 29: Ask & Ask Again All Day The day started after a bumpy night to a floor that was the wrong floor. Then a new doc said something. Then the (also new) dietitian said something. Things that contradicted what J & A have been told the last 10 days. What was a possible…
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Monday, July 28
Monday, July 28: Steps Morning Perhaps you recall a couple weeks ago when the prayer was one step forward, zero steps back. Praise the Lord for forward movement…meal and meal, slowly, methodically, eaten: bite, chew, chew, chew, swallow, breathe. Just eating is exercise. There was a very odd decision made by docs today…we all questioned…
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Sunday, July 27
Sunday, July 27: Me & Tears Morning My morning started with a coffee date with my Airbnb host. She popped into my room and we visited before I took off. Midway through our chat, I realize that I’d forgotten to brew the coffee. No matter…it was an encouragement that I cannot describe. Arriving at hospital…
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Saturday, July 26
Saturday, July 26: Trend Morning This is the first morning in a while that I’ve come in to a report of “he slept an hour at a time.” That is HUGE! In hospital life, there are vitals every hour (temp, blood sugar) and then interruptions for meds, IV switch outs, and more. An hour is…
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Friday, July 25
Friday, July 25: Oil Morning It was a long night with not much sleep. Docs arrived and determined dehydration is the name of the current enemy. He was allowed clear, liquid diet with the goal of IV nutrition at 6 pm. If he vomited again, the tube would return. J’s singular goal is to not…