Phoebe: “She (Mom) is beautiful. More than gorgeous.” Every year the church goes on a marriage retreat and the week before the guys get “Romance in a Bag”. With the help of my sister, the bag is filled up with five little romantic tasks. Somewhat goofy things (or at least the guy might think so), […]

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Ivy’s soccer team last year won every game. This year they moved up a division, from under-8 to under-10. But there were not enough all girls teams, so they combined the boys and girls league. There also weren’t enough rec teams, so they combined the rec and competitive leagues. Needless to say this has lead […]

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I have an amazing opportunity. With the rain-out last night all the Royal’s ALCS games are pushed back one day. This means a friend has an extra ticket for Game 5 (one in his group can’t attend the game now on Thursday). Plus the offer came for just face value. I was excited – first […]

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Twenty-nine Years – I was in Kindergarten the last time the Royals were in the playoffs. Today, as the Royals return to the playoffs, I have a kindergartener (plus a third grader and a two-year-old). Over time the world has changed. It was half day kindergarten for me. Now my little girl goes all day […]

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Darcy has not figured out the rhythm of heart beats. With her toy stethoscope pressed against Meg she says, “beeeeeeeeeeeeeep”. Less heart beat than flat-line. Each night we pray over the girls before we ourselves go to bed. Last, watching them sleep, I thought how big they have grown. In between teaching them how to brush […]

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