I hate to be controversial. Or offend anyone with this post. But I just cannot understand why everyone makes such a “big deal” about sending their “babies” off to Kindergarten. I mean really. Why all the tears? And nostalgia? And sentimentality? It’s really NO. BIG. DEAL. Because if you think about it. Nothing huge is taking […]

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Seeing the child alert “TS-42″ flash across the screen during the sermon in church is never a good thing. And today, my mom instinct didn’t even need Guy to confirm that our sticker matched the number to know it was our baby. For those of you who have never experienced a flash such as this, let me translate […]

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Are you afraid of the dark? (Cue creepy howley music.) No, I’m not talking about that TV show you used to watch in middle school. I’m actually asking you the question. Are YOU afraid of the dark? Before you give me your knee jerk response of no. Riddle me this. When is the last time you […]

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Remember this mailman for later. I’ll come back to him. … The other day I was in a conversation with a single woman discussing the prospect of having kids with me. Her words went like this. “I just don’t know if I want kids. I mean, all the parents I know seem so stressed out […]

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Not to toot my own horn, but I’ve come a LONG way in caring about what others think of me since having kids. When I first had Isaac, if he started misbehaving in public, I could literally feel my stress and blood pressure skyrocketing.  I felt like every eye was on me in the middle […]

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If I had to recall what it felt like to have Christian without an epidural, I would say that at first it started off totally bearable. In fact, I remember that I was dilated to a 7 and thinking, “If this only gets progressively more uncomfortable from here, I can handle this. What are all those […]

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I’ve liked the guy from day one of meeting him. Something about him makes me smile. He’s really tall. And funny. And cheerful. He says things like, “It’s an epidemic out here. And it’s spreading.” (In reference to the phenomenon of all of the Tball players playing in the dirt instead of focusing on fielding.) […]

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People often ask me why I went into therapy. Because for many people, the profession doesn’t make sense. I often hear questions like, “Isn’t it depressing? Don’t you get so frustrated? Don’t you have trouble leaving other people’s problems at the office? Isn’t your own life stressful enough?” And I suppose if you want the […]

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Are you ready for some real talk? Well here goes because who knows me to ever hold back? Today, I want to talk automobiles with you. More specifically, I want to talk automobiles with you of the van variety. Let me start by saying, for a girl, I really love cars. When I was in high school […]

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Ever since we found out that the little baby in my belly is our third son, I’ve been thinking a lot about boys. And more specifically, the privilege of raising them. Did God lay the desire for three boys on my heart when I was little because he knew that he already had that planned for […]

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