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Eleven Years Ago, I Became A Mrs.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Today is our eleventh wedding anniversary. We were married at noon on a snowy day. Eight months before, we had just met on America Online. But we knew it was meant to be. We had a lovely wedding and it was a happy day in every way. Eleven years ago I could not have predicted …

PBS Jane Austen Week Two: “Northanger Abbey”

Monday, January 21, 2008

Did you watch week two with Northanger Abbey? After what we experienced last week, my expectations were much lower. However, I was pleasantly surprised. First of all, I would love to know if that was the intro they had already taped with Gillian Anderson or if they redid it after all the bad reviews last …

Putting a Toddler to Bed at Night with Books?

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I’ve never seen this done before or written about, but thought I would ask. Does anyone put their toddler to bed at night with books and let him/her fall asleep reading? Caroline has a very good nap routine now. She is consistently in her bed reading every afternoon for about 20-30 minutes and then falls …

What Did You Think of “Persuasion” and the PBS Jane Austen Kick-Off?

Monday, January 14, 2008

If you watched the first installment last night, Persuasion, what did you think? Here is my brief summary. What happened to Gillian Anderson in the intro? She looked stiff and ghoulish. What was wrong with her mouth? I didn’t like the frantic and modern camera work on the movie. I can’t stand all the random …

Childhood Experiences Every Child Should Have
Childhood Experiences Every Child Should Have

Childhood Experiences Every Child Should Have

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

I was ironing this morning and David was reading a book to Caroline. As part of reading the book, David said, “We’ll have to fly kites someday.” That got me to thinking about what other kinds of things Caroline should experience while she is a child. I thought it would fun to have everyone share …

The Christian View of the Role of Women – Part 1

Sunday, January 6, 2008

I blog about the things I think about. And based on some of my recent entries I’m sure it has been obvious that I’ve been thinking about the role of women in the church. Katy asked me if I would share a bit more about this and so I’m going to. The Role of Women …

Best and Worst Christmases

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Yes, we are still in full holiday mode around our home. We are also busy, busy, busy with work and clients. If you’ve been reading here for a while you know that this is a VERY WELCOME change. We’re just so glad to be busy with the business because things were pretty slow for months …

On Baptizing Caroline, the Roles of Women in the Church, and Everything Else Related To It

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

First off, I apologize if this is a little rambly and disjointed. I know a topic like this should be polished and such, but right now posting it as is is the best I can do. 🙂 I mentioned yesterday that we are probably going to baptize Caroline. I knew this would probably come as …

My Only Child Epiphany

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

This afternoon I had an epiphany about my experience as a mom of an only child. I was rocking Caroline in her room, giving her a bottle before her nap. I was thinking about how big she was in my lap (97th percentile for length) and that while she meets all of her milestones within …

Question: The Easiest Age To Parent?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Since I haven’t received any reader questions lately I thought I would go ahead and throw out my own. One of my recent posts provoked a few comments about the difficulty of raising children, but that it does get better. So that got me thinking. What age do you think is the easiest to parent? …

One of those honest posts you all say you like so much: The first year of parenting (and some other stuff)

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Last week we decided we finally had to change our internet and email hosting. We had had spam and connectivity issues for many months, but just never had the time (or made the time) to get it done. Finally it got to the point where even if David didn’t have time to deal with it, …

I’ve Finally Found What Completely Wigs Me Out As A Mother

Friday, November 9, 2007

It isn’t the diapers. It isn’t the spit up. (Caroline rarely did this anyway.) It isn’t anything food or feeding related. What truly wigs me out is when Caroline DRINKS THE BATHWATER. She’s just started doing this recently since we bought her a new bath toy. It is this kitchen sink thing with all these …

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For 20+ years, I’ve been writing about following Jesus Christ and making choices based on what is true, beautiful, and eternal. Through purposeful living, self-employment, and homeschooling, our family has learned that freedom comes from a commitment to examine all of life and think for yourself. 

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"The real object of the first amendment was not to countenance, much less to advance, Mahometanism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment, which should give to a hierarchy the exclusive patronage of the national government."

Joseph Story (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833), § 1871.

countenance: To favor; to encourage by opinion or words; To encourage; to appear in defense (Websters Dictionary 1828)

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