Family News

I have these one-on-one consults I do for teaching FAM, and it is interesting to me how talking about something so personal seems to allow someone to completely open up about other parts of their lives.
I suppose I’m a fairly open person myself, so I didn’t think much about the freeness of others speaking to [...]

I have a number of random thoughts to dispense today. Most of them have to do with babies, because mine is on my mind right now.

We had some old friends over for dinner last night. Lovely evening.
Really, they’re quite different from us (Lifestyle-wise: They exercise for entertainment and grind their own flour), but they have kids our kids’ age (ish), and they’re very gracious people. We have a lot of fun talking with them.
The last time we had [...]

It’s interesting hearing about how devoted our generation/culture is to “instant gratification.”
I can’t deny it, but today I’m recognizing a type of… affinity with previous generations: With the type that hovered over the Sears catalogue, looking for that perfect something, then waiting impatiently for the mail to bring the desired item.

I heard (read) someone suggest the other day that books on prayer are easily a way to postpone the actual act of praying.
After wading through a (large) selection of books about writing, I have to say the same thing about them.

Jay found my Palm (PDA) yesterday. Thank you Jesus! It’s been missing for several weeks. I had assumed it was only buried somewhere, but we’ve cleaned the house a few times since it was lost and never found it. It was in the car. *sigh*

I’ve never been the thin type that carries all my pg-weight in the front (basketball-style), but I do carry mostly in the front, so Jay says I don’t automatically “read” pg from behind, and it can be a shocker when I turn around (”Woah!”). Dunno if that’s funny or insulting…[shrug]
I mentioned it in my “pregnancy [...]

My husband is amazing. He has always had the type of maturity (I seem to lack) that sees something needing to be done, and does it. But especially lately, as I’ve been getting more and more run-down by this third pregnancy, he’s been stepping up to the plate and batting for both of [...]

Potty training and spanking. I noticed a new connection today.

Currently Reading
The Overload Syndrome: Learning to Live Within Your Limits
By Richard A. Swenson, Richard A. Swenson M.D.
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I found a good reminder today in a book called The Overload Syndrome. It’s a book that asks readers first to recognize they have limits then encourages them to live inside those limits, despite all they could [...]