Pregnant from the back?
As I left Starbucks today, a woman that had been sitting behind me for 2 hours stopped me, “When you stood up, I was shocked to see that you were expectin...
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Sandy Hook. And my belly.
I accompanied Chris to a First Aid/ CPR class at CG Station Sandy Hook yesterday. The class was helpful, but draining enough to warrant a nap on the beach after...
Common Question: So, how are you feeling? (often accompanied by belly touching,
which is actually okay as long as I know the person because I am pretty touchy myself.) Answer: Well, I am feeling pretty darn pregnant. I am not ready for him ...
Activity of the Day:
Lay down and read a book with my apple sauce bowl sitting on my belly. And watch it move. bap bap rooole woooddaddoop bup bup.
Pregnancy Diaries:
Chris came home from work to me cooking. He plucked some food off of the underside of my belly, “Did you know that was there?” Embarrassed, I answer...
An excerpt I recommend:
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank
radio interview and music video
Also listen to the linked conversation between a survivor and the director of Houston Rescue and Restore as they explain the framework of the domestic commercia...
Dear New York,
You seem to have forgotten spring. Your temperature has jumped from 52 to 88 and has put color in my cheeks. The outdoors even smell like summer, but the backdr...
People Acting like Animals. People Treated like Animals.
I prayed that God would help me better understand the characters of both Him and of those He created. And this week, I came across four different sources that...
Odd Job
English Breakfast Tea in hand, I walk from the parlor of our 1890s house staff building, where my sewing colleagues sing English folk ballads in harmony, to the...
>Betty Botter Baked Bread & Snacked on Sesame Seeds by the Sea Shore
>No, I don’t know Betty Botter; I just wanted to combine two tongue twisters. Today, a woman-friend taught me the art of mixing, kneading, braiding, ba...
September
>I leaned back and sighed to myself “aaaa last plane ride for 4 mos” and smiled. Then i realized that there’s no one waiting for me this ti...
Merry Old Maine where it is 40 degrees cooler than it is in Texas.
>Yeah, I’m wearing a sweater. So right now I am sitting in a coffee shop called “Breaking New Grounds” in Market Square of downtown Portsmo...
>Chris and Heather
>I know this is a little late in coming. With the super-busy first year of teaching, I have been out of the swing of blogging. The not-quite-so-new-news-that...
>The Gift of Singleness
>So I’m single now by the way. As of two days ago, a seven month date is over. I listened to a Breakaway sermon titled “The Gift of Singleness...