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Be Still
When my kids were little and we would sit in church and they would get antsy and move around or talk a lot, we would say to them, "shhhhh! Be still." I can remember my mom saying the same thing to my sister and me. I sometimes have trouble sitting or being still...
I Can Do It Myself!
Toddlers. They think they can do everything themselves. They see older kids and adults doing it and they want to do it, too. And as parents or caretaking adults, we let them do it... until we can no longer take it and patience runs out and we have to help them....
You are an Olympian!
Have you been watching the Olympics? WOW! Those athletes are so fit! Muscles galore! I think about all the training those athletes do - hours and hours day after day for years. They have to be so disciplined and then in just a short amount of time, those events...
Start Over. Find Peace.
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. -F. Scott Fitzgerald This quote is taken from the new book by Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect - Leaving Behind Frantic For a...
Daddy Pix It
When my sister was little, she was very attached to her pacifier even as a toddler. Mom tried to take it away and she was very insistent on keeping it. It was one of the old kind - the heavy rubbery kind. She loved to pull on the end while chomping down on the...
What’s your “San Diego”?
While on vacation we tried to leave the worries behind but the cracked windshield saga on the rental car and several other things snuck their way into the worry portion of our minds. But when we went to San Diego with our cousins for a long weekend, it seemed all of...
Whirlwind Trip!
What a great vacation we had visiting cousins in Arizona and delivering buckets to children's hospitals in New Mexico, Utah and Nevada!! We have now delivered 3,000 buckets in 17 states and Canada! Thank you to all the volunteers who have made this happen over the...
Cracked But Not Shattered
We were on vacation driving a rental car and a rock flew up and cracked our windshield. It was a significant crack - probably 6 inches on one part and 4 on the other. We contacted the rental car company and they said to go to the nearest Enterprise® car rental and...
I’ll Do It Tomorrow
Procrastination. It’s never a good thing. It brings on anxiety as we hope nothing happens to “show our hand” on the issue we procrastinated over. We may think we will clean the house tomorrow instead of today when we have time. It never fails, someone comes to visit....
