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December 2010

December 30, 2010

Protected: Year 34

Today marks the beginning of living life as a 34 year old. I thought it...

December 25, 2010

Happy Birthday JC!

I felt like such a real-live grown up today. Celebrating Christmas in my own house,...

December 24, 2010

Dear Jesus, all I want for Christmas is…

Dear Jesus, now you know I wouldn't mind these... But what I really need from...

December 23, 2010

Going back to Detroit

When Dave & I decided to hitch ourselves together until the cold, clammy hands of...

December 20, 2010

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas time

The moon is right The spirits up We're here tonight And that's enough Simply having...

December 15, 2010

a crazy hot mess – Wordless Wednesday

My deep thoughts on "wordless Wednesday" blog posts: "Wordless Wednesday" posts should also include less-words-than-normal...

December 12, 2010

“Is there any more gifts for me?”

Last week, we got our annual World Vision's Christmas Gift Catalog along with pictures of...

December 01, 2010

Ransom HEART’s Haiti ~ Will U?

I have an exciting way to help Haiti this Christmas season & a chance to...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

The Love Affair

Have I ever mentioned......how much my boys like to play in, with & around boxes?...

November 22, 2010

Protected: When temptation gets all up in your grill.

A few weeks ago, I ran into an old boyfriend while going through the security...

November 15, 2010

Losing Mom

Last week, my Mom turned 70 years old! (Holy Canoles, right?!) I thought about it...

November 15, 2010

This Weekend…

In the mood for a scintillating story? So, this weekend...I reunited with my baby boys...

November 04, 2010

If the shoe fits…

Does this sound like me? "From the awkwardness of pumping at work to changing diapers...

November 02, 2010

My cerebral hyponxia and myocardial infarction. =(

Drowning: death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs and...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Brothers gotta hug!

Do you remember the *classic slapstick film, Tommy Boy? The one where Chris Farley declares,...

October 21, 2010

5 years ago, I was Ransomed!

...by the sweetest little boy in the world... Ransom came into this world with the...

October 19, 2010

Exactly one year ago today…

...Dave & I were in the hospital... I was pushing. After 20 minutes... ...My beautiful...

October 16, 2010

Does your kids know that they are rich? (Because I am so stinking wealthy it’s ridiculous)

If you are reading this, chances are you are wealthy enough to own a home...

October 03, 2010

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

...except that I'm not capable of shutting-up. (But I love the idea -in theory- of...

September 28, 2010

I nearly wrestled a man to the ground OR “you don’t want none of Mama Bear, now do you???”

The other day I found an old post that made my blood boil all over...

September 26, 2010

Sex. Abuse. Jesus. Poverty. Prostitution. Slam Poetry. Coulda killed me.

Dave & I saw these dudes perform today. They are Gabe & Kirk of Kinetic...

September 24, 2010

I’m just a cog in the old InterVarsity machine

Just like the next human being, sometimes I think life is completely crappy, not worth...

September 19, 2010

Overheard…

...this weekend at our house... Me: Ransom, please don't stab your brother right now... (using...

September 13, 2010

The systematic injustice of abortion – the killing of black babies.

I recently wrote a guest post on the systematic injustice of abortion for Rev. Dr....

September 10, 2010

Gimme the plastic, please?

The other day I was exchanging my old, torn wallet for my new $10 bright...

September 08, 2010

goodbye

goodbye goodbye blue goodbye sun goodbye blue created by the sun goodbye summer goodbye fun...

August 2010

August 26, 2010

When it hurts to flush…

...and sneeze, and open the olive jar, and pick up a 19 pound baby... ...you...

August 17, 2010

You MUST flea from my life you evil, monopolizing, maniacal insect you!

**Don't forget you can still win a $100 prize pack from McDonald's by commenting &...

August 11, 2010

From dysfuntional to um, sort of functional but HAPPY! Family, family, family! $100 v GIVEAWAY!!!!

This is a sponsored post from BlogHer and McDonald's. I grew up with about as...

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