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I can hardly believe it’s Monday again, and yet it is. Our last Monday in Indiana. It’s going to be an emotional week. I know this because I was already emotional all weekend. “This is our last Saturday here…” “This is our last Sunday here…” “This is our last time visiting this church…” “This is [...]
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Two Mondays ago, Ian was supposed to go over to Abbott to get set up for his radiation simulation. He had spiked a really high fever in the night and was still shaking and shuddering so badly that he couldn’t lay still enough for the MRI. They wheeled him back over, saying “Well, we’ll try [...]
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Summer moves fast, doesn’t it? This is where I sort of panic and think, “oh my goodness, it’ll be over before we know it, we need to get out there and enjoy it NOW!” I say that, and it’s not even technically summer yet! We’ve got an attempt at a garden underway, the mosquitoes are [...]
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This song has always moved me… As has this one… He Lives Alfred H. Ackley I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that He is living, whatever men may say; I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer, and just the time I need Him [...]
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716. no cuts or tears 717. no heart rate scares, despite being “all tangled up” in her cord 718. soothing music for relaxing through labor 719. wearing my own clothes in labor and delivery, simple pleasures 720. a sweet hug from the midwife who has delivered our last 3 babies 721. sleeping for 3 hr [...]
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My waiting continues, today marks 40 weeks and 3 days. I was tempted to stay home from church yesterday, honestly, I was. I always go past my due date, and people always try to make conversation with questions like, “No baby yet?”, “Still pregnant, eh?”, “Getting anxious for baby yet?” I know they mean well, [...]
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It’s been a season… A long winter. A long trimester. Spring is here.* Sometime very soon, a new baby will be here.** I am tempted to complain, and all too often give in to that fleshly temptation- I am a work in progress. I’m tired. I’m achy. I’m yearning for sunshine so badly. Despite my negative natural [...]
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I think it was Thursday. The sun didn’t exactly shine bright, but the overcast haziness outside was lighter for a while. There were shadows beneath our trees, shadows that indicate light. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to lift my spirits for an afternoon. It was my light at the end of the tunnel. The [...]
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