Normal sick

May 19

My people at the oncology office were awesome as usual this morning.  They talked amongst themselves and decided that it would be prudent to get a chest x-ray.  I love that about my office: cancer doctors are not the “watch and wait” type.  Those folks get stuff done. So I had a chest x-ray this morning and got the results late-morning.  (I love...

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Praying for normal sick…

May 18

So I’m still sick. It’s day 12 of cold symptoms with random sore throat, voice comes and goes, funky cough, and I’m generally achy with low energy.  You know, pitiful.  I can do my Mom Jobs, but I feel Blah.  Chief Sister, Phenom, Brad, and Rozzinator have all stepped up to assist with the kiddos.  I’ve had to swap healing and resting for...

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Seat warmers and grace

May 13

Phew!  It’s been a crazy week.  I came down with a cold last Wednesday, which morphed into laryngitis by Friday.  It took all my energy (and some assists from my awesome family and friends) to get everything together for Greta’s birthday party Friday night and the baby shower on Saturday.  Sunday I took a turn for the worse — I think it was the flu...

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A mothering attack

May 05

A mothering attack

Tonight I breathed them in.  We played outside and felt the wind in our hair.  (Yes, I have a tiny little bit of hair!)  We read and re-read all of the recent birthday mail they have received lately.  Greta traces her finger along and makes up the words with a surprising amount of accuracy.  Maren bounces as she reads aloud and lisps through her missing teeth.  We...

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Happy May

May 05

Happy May

Brad and I kicked of May in Hawaii, and oh-my-word it was an amazing trip.  We’re calling it our ten-year-anniversary trip (technically 10 1/3), and we can’t wait to take the girls when they are old enough to handle the hiking.  It was fabulous to spend so much focused time with each other and to be dazzled — truly dazzled — by all that Kauai...

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