I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.- Annie Lamott Email this post
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- One woman's journey to right here.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Back to the ER
January 11, 2009 – 8:54 pm
A promising morning went south fast. Grace and Whit rejected spaghetti-o’s for lunch (what is it with my children denying the classic junk foods?), spent the “quiet time” movie jumping off of the couch, and then finally devolved into full-on battle. I shut the door and let them work it out until I heard high [...]
charmed
January 11, 2009 – 8:46 am
A sentence Grace crafted by herself on the trash can: I like to be me Not bad. Email this post
A snowy day
January 11, 2009 – 8:30 am
Woke up to new, beautiful snow. Matt is in Europe so the kids and I set off to walk to Starbucks. Of course Prize-Winning-Mummy had left Whit’s snowboots at school, so he (and I) were in rainboots. Snowpants all around. The kids had a blast jumping around in the snow (in between Whit’s screaming and [...]
A tooth extraction
January 7, 2009 – 5:42 pm
Grace. Notice the good-luck bindi on her forehead. Also the pout (that’s her Blue Steel). Went to the dentist because of the loose tooth that will not come out. It is turning yellow and the grown-up tooth behind it is almost all the way in. Dr. McEachern wiggled her tooth, creating some bleeding, and then [...]
Eldredge
January 4, 2009 – 8:43 pm
Nana, Grammy, me, and Mum. Notice the absolutely unambiguous red hair. That is sadly lost in my children! Notice also the measuring spoons with which I am fascinated. That’s my kind of toy. I fear I may have taken my adamant anti-spoiling stance too far when yesterday afternoon’s treat was a Star Market trip where [...]
Complicated and simple
January 3, 2009 – 8:10 am
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. – Dr Seuss Email this post
January 3, 2009 – 7:53 am
Winston Anne. My beloved goddaughter! One month old tomorrow. It’s hard to remember before you were here. Email this post
December 2008
January 1, 2009 – 7:25 am
Grace, Whit, and I make several batches of Christmas cookiesWe trim the tree with Mark, Marion, Sophia, and CatherineLast day of school at both CES and BB&N is a snow dayWinston Anne Wood is bornFirst snow of the year (and then more, and more, and more)Grace loses her first toothWhit jumps into a pool for [...]
