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Feeling Sorry for the Football Players
Saturday, I went to Cedar Falls with my brother and his wife to watch the University of Northern Iowa marching band perform at the Uni-Dome. For some reason, two halves of a football game were scheduled on either side of their performance. Must have been a scheduling...
Welcome to the World, Baby Book!
I am proud to announce the arrival of Different Dream Parenting: A Practical Guide to Raising a Child with Special Needs. The cutie arrived this morning with very little warning. I barely had time to answer the door before the UPS man delivered the bouncing, baby...
Blind Spots
And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshipped Him. John 9: 38 The other day, Hiram was backing my Toyota out of the garage and commented, “Your car has a couple bad blind spots.” I nodded in agreement. My little car is easy to drive, but it has some nasty blind...
Cousin Julie’s Carrot Cake
My apologies for the blurry picture which doesn’t do justice to this recipe for absolutely scrumptious carrot cake. I plead bad lighting, bad timing, and the conviction that my personal will power was not strong enough to endure making a second carrot cake for the...
Allergic to Dusting – Recycled
Today’s recycled post comes from clear back in October of 2007. It’s one of the first posts I wrote and even though lots of things have changed - Anne’s a college grad rather than a freshman, we have a cleaning lady whose feet I would gladly kiss each time she comes,...
Retirement 101
As a rule, this blog is a place where readers can come to relax and reflect. But today’s post will be an exception. Today’s post is issue driven, and we’re going to talk retirement. Why? Because it’s important. For the past three years, I’ve been helping Mom manage...