This little girl gives us a run for our money, trying to navigate the complexities and treasures of her personality. And her physical and occupational therapies. But we’re getting it figured out. Little by little, more ideas and approaches and insights present themselves. Present themselves as ways to wake up that little left hand. We had a big kahuna meeting…
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They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” John 12:13 We celebrated Palm Sunday today at church. It was so, so sweet. The children entered the auditorium waving palm branches and singing ‘Hosanna’ and the whole place was…
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Almost four. How can the twins be almost four? But they are. I’m determined to get a cute portrait of 8 of 8. Determined. But his sister is definitely a camera hog. And she loves to pose. And he doesn’t. So I’m getting a wealth of Four Year Old Portrait shots of her. And now to work on her brother…….
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So 6 of 8 and I were perusing a pretty fun slide show on the msnbc.com website. (You can click here to see it). It is a collection of 25 photographs of people at the mall, circa 1989. We marveled at the pictures of mullets and huge hair configurations, the Keds tennis shoes and varieties of jeans. And I was…
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I seem to have come programmed with two speeds when it comes to diet and fitness. Full-out-distance-runner-health-nut. Or sugar-addicted-carb-noshing sloth. Yep. Those would be the two speeds I’ve identified. And then there are the two sides of my personality. Super-check-list-uber-motivated-over-achiever. And poet-artist-laid-back gourmand. I personally think this is what happens when you have an artisan raised by a rocket scientist…
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