Family News

Why the current ANWR debate really bugs (dh) Jay:
The objection(s) don’t hold water.

I was watching Homeward Bound with my two girls Friday, and there were some mule deer in a scene. Three-year-old Natasha perked-up and said, “Look Mom! Caribou!” Now how many toddlers learn “caribou” before “deer” (or Bambi)? Very fun.
She likes how they taste too.

In the world I come from (where marriage is forever and you’re supposed to go in with your eyes wide open), I think sometimes the message that “Marriage is hard-work” is a little over-emphasized.
Today I was listening to a wife who came to my MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) meeting to talk about marriage, and sticking [...]

I have two friends who recently gave birth to their third child (each of them). We have many ideas in common, but one we do not share is the idea of a specific malady they generally refer to as “pregnancy brain.”
The symptoms of this affliction include clumsiness, scattered thoughts, and forgetful or foolish behavior. [...]

Currently Reading
Surprised by the Voice of God
By Jack S. Deere
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On March 18th at 3:30, I am scheduled to give a presentation on the biology behind the FAM birth control method I teach.
I’ve been working on it today, and thinking about the practice sessions I’ve committed to.

Do we consider (I wonder) the way we’re training our mind/will/emotions in our daily responses to things?
Earlier this week an (older) friend was describing to me how her mother’s dementia was worsening. This friend described how hard it was getting to shift her mother’s focus off the negative (real and imagined) of her own [...]

If you come around to read this more than once, you’ll probably notice I like quotes.
The implication (of course) is that I have lots of time read and collect these, but many/most of them have been absorbed/collected over many years, and pop up at the moment b/c they are relevant to what’s on my mind.