Ali is one of those toddlers who wakes up fairly often in her sleep. She sleeps long, but it is usually interrupted. Sometimes I have to go in and pat her and tell her to go back to sleep, and sometimes she goes back to sleep on her own. Usually at night she doesn’t wake […]
Grasping for Objectivity in Health and Wellness
I like things to be black and white. Obviously, as per my blog title. It’s not that I expect everyone in the world to agree on issues – that is way too idealistic. I just want to feel assured that I am informed and correct. That sounds arrogant, but it’s not meant that way. I […]
she was a very useful engine. . .
It’s bad when my blog titles are quotes from “Thomas the Train”. Today was our first day to go to work since Gina started her new job. Despite the fact that Gina spent the better part of her last week’s workdays in tears (and I mean bawling her eyes out, not just a smidge of […]
Stick to What You Know
You know all of those Delta Dental commercials and billboards that will have something like “Pop’s Donuts and Opthamologist” or something like that? The point, of course, is that Delta Dental specializes in just one area, therefore making them superior in that area. So now I have request. Jillian Michaels, of Biggest Loser training fame, […]
Perceptional Paradigms
par·a·digm: A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline. I have always overanalyzed other people’s perceptions of me. Yes, I care WAY too much what other people think of me. Especially growing up – I would take […]
God’s Richness in my Weakness
I love how God loves to surprise. He loves to take the simple moments, the bland moments, even the painful moments, and turn them into something beautiful and amazing. I told Chris last night as we were going to bed that as much pain as I had been in yesterday (it had definitely gotten worse, […]
Our Own Little Miracle
Well, obviously the miracle really belongs to Brad and Deidre, but we all feel like we got to be a part of it!! We have been praying tenaciously in our small group for Kendall’s adoption and arrival for a year and a half, and we all got to meet her last night!! It was unreal […]
My Thoughts as the Day Continued. . .
OK – so I think I was way too brave in my last post, saying I’m not worried about having surgery. I really AM NOT worried about the actual surgery, or the hospital or needles or anesthesia or throwing up in the recovery room and on the ride home. That I can handle. But, today […]
An Incoherent Rendering of the Day
Wow. So it’s been an interesting day. I’m finally getting recovered from it enough to start to feel inspired to blog again (blogspired??), but still feeling a bit incoherent, so bear with me. I get up at 7 each morning, to have time to take a shower, have some bible study, and maybe work a […]