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Even though Dietrich is not the most verbally adept 3 year old, he often surprises me with his correct usage of pronouns and plurals. But obviously he is 3, so some of his phrases, though logical, are not actually grammatically correct. One such phrase: "See me." That phrase
Family Updates
We've been in Alexandria now for 2 weeks. As John has mentioned a couple times, the next three years will mark the longest we've been in one house since we sold our house in Siloam about 6 years ago. Since then we've moved from
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The last couple of weeks have been spent doing little spurts of packing as we prepare to leave. Before that I had been doing a lot of internal processing. I've been going to counseling since the beginning of the year. My counselor mentioned to me the first time
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Belief is a funny thing. There are many who would say that over the last few years my beliefs have changed. And I think they have. But what I’m beginning to realize is that it has been less about change and more about discovering what I truly believed all
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Here's our roundup of recipes for week 3 this year: Monday Breakfast: Pumpkin Oatmeal. This was with steel cut oats, a can of pumpkin and pumpkin spices. Topped with coconut cream or milk. Lunch: Leftover Tuna & White Bean Salad. I packed something else for Seth, but I
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I wanted to write a bit of a follow up post to the recently posted one on transition. It was really good for me to find that post and see where I was a year ago. It is odd that we forget sometimes how far we've come because
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Monday Breakfast: Oatmeal. Told you, this is pretty much every Monday's breakfast. Quick, easy, and everyone will eat it as long as it has sugar and milk. Since I am not doing dairy, I've been adding coconut cream to my hot cereal and it is delicious.
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During the month of March each year our family usually joins with Lahash and participate in Rice and Beans month. The three foundational principles of the month are solidarity, simplicity and sharing. We eat meals mainly composed of rice and beans in solidarity with those in this world that eat
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What does healthy grieving look like? I don't really have an answer for that. There is such a range of what deep sadness looks like, how people enter into it, and what steps they take to allow themselves to feel. And there are layers to healthiness. Is it
Emma's Story
10 years. Next week it will be 10 years since I sat down to write a blog post to say good-bye to my darling Emma. This morning as I went through the routine of getting kids ready to head to school I was so angry. Every little thing got on
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I haven't been blogging much recently. That's pretty obvious when I look at the scarcity of posts over the last year. Although I could claim it is because I'm just too busy, the truth is I've often been able to blog even
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It's odd what God will use to make you take a break. I feel like I've been running, running, running, and still not getting anywhere. Last night, shortly after I went to sleep, Elise was at my door saying she didn't feel good. I