by Alison on November 1, 2010
561. Cozy sweaters 562. Lingering sunshine as Autumn prepares the way for Winter 563. Our youngest, Baby J, turning 2, and perhaps no longer qualifying for the “baby” in his name. He’s now a great big rough-and-tumble all-boy Joseph, or Josephus Maximus, as I often call him… 564. Tiny flutters turning into unmistakable kicks and [...]
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by Alison on September 27, 2010
546. His gentle voice, encouraging me through my discouraging moments 547. His patience as my discouraging moments drag on into days 548. finding His truth, that I needed to hear, in unexpected places 549. a loving reminder, from the one I have been made one with, of the vision of why we do what we [...]
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by Alison on September 20, 2010
531. the sound of another little heartbeat 532. a sister’s pregnancy (her 2nd) going well as well (she’s 3 weeks behind me!), Grandma’s getting busier by the year 533. the refreshing feeling of cooler air moving in 534. seeing the 1st glimpses of the amazing color changes in the trees all around, such fleeting beauty, [...]
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by Alison on August 30, 2010
Better late than never, right? It’s still Monday for a few more minutes… The counting of the multitudes of His blessings continues, as if I could ever actually count them. I may have lettered on my high school Math Team, twice, but I could never count high enough to count my blessings in anything close [...]
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by Alison on August 9, 2010
491. three weeks in a row of Monday night date nights with Mr. Extraordinary! 492. finding a night that actually seems to work 493. communing with my other half 494. seeking and finding new depth in our most important earthly relationship 495. conversations going way beyond “how was your day?” 496. a decision to “camp” [...]
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by Alison on July 26, 2010
I had a killer headache last week, and by killer I mean the kind of migraine headache that builds and grows through the night (grr, headaches are supposed to get better with sleeping) and leaves me vomitting and in intense pain, unable to get out of bed for a day. Ugh, I hate losing entire days of my [...]
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by Alison on July 12, 2010
Last Thursday morning, we noticed what seemed to be a big and bright mosquito bite on Baby J’s right cheek. This is Minnesota and we live in a rural area with a lot of wetlands- they don’t spray for mosquitoes around here. A toddler, a preschooler, or anyschooler, or even a mom or dad with multiple [...]
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by Alison on June 28, 2010
Because there were so many sweet ones… 431. thankful for a break in the rain… 432. getting over (at least on that day) my tendency to give up too easily when things are looking like they may not work out 433. taking a chance, and taking a day trip, rain or no rain (my sweet [...]
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