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Month: August 2014

Grief · Life

Packing Up a Life

August 29, 2014 CarolLeave a comment

As of this weekend, Mom's place will be occupied again. This is good and right. It will be good to see lights on again in the evening, and people to-ing and fro-ing. I think it's been helpful for all of us to have a deadline. It's been tempting to put off decisions indefinitely, even small ones. More times… Continue reading Packing Up a Life

Family · Life

Rude

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 CarolLeave a comment

I heard a song recently, and it came to mind yesterday as I was dealing with a temper tantrum. I changed it a little bit for my own purposes. To the chorus of "Rude" by Magic!: Why you gotta be so rude? Don't you know I'm human too? Why you gotta be so rude? You know… Continue reading Rude

Family · Grief · Life

Just a Wednesday

August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 Carol1 Comment

This morning, I walked into the bathroom and said, "What are you doing? Stop soodling!" Soodling, for those of you who did not grow up in a home heavily influenced by Anabaptist culture and the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect, means messing around with water and making a mess, or something close to dawdling. Probably depending on who you… Continue reading Just a Wednesday

Cystic Fibrosis

Brrrr!!!

August 22, 2014 CarolLeave a comment

Cystic Fibrosis

As Promised

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 CarolLeave a comment

We didn't tell the boys about this until right after supper, because I was afraid they wouldn't eat if they knew. When we did tell them, Levi thought it was a trick.Paul: You guys get to dump a bucket of ice water on Mama's head. Levi: Um, what? Paul: Here, like this. <shows them a… Continue reading As Promised

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