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Grace Notes for the First Day Of School

Today marked a great big finish line for us: The First Day of School.  #BrokenFootSummer is “over,” and we have [...]
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That Thing Called Brave

And so, the pins are out of Tucker’s foot.  We can officially say he is tougher than nails.  Because, oh [...]
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Hands and Knees

I don’t remember why I was kneeling and crying. Last week was kind of a doozy for such things. I [...]
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If Real Life Had Thought Bubbles

Here’s a little exercise to bring you right into the action with me on this one.  Reach down to the [...]
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They Took off the Bandages, and I Was Not Prepared

Two weeks post surgery, we went back to Children’s Hospital for our follow-up appointment.  They cut through all the layers [...]
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This One Important Thing

To read this article in its entirety with PJ Parenting, click here. I was drinking iced coffees at Starbucks with [...]
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4 Things I Learned When My Toddler Locked Me In His Bedroom

It’s a blast from the past, you guys: one of the favorites from the archives of my life as a [...]
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99 Silver Linings

Children’s Hospital is like EPCOT. Our male nurse named Coop who whispered when Tuck was sleeping, listened to his pain, [...]
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Children’s Hospital Is Like EPCOT

Tucker and I spent yesterday at Children’s Hospital, which is in itself a really beautiful place.  I spent the day [...]
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Splint

So Close, And Yet… NOPE.

“Mom, can you bring me the crunches?” “Buddy, the word is crutches.” “Right.  Crunches.” “No.  Crutches.” “Crrrunches.  Crrrr-onch-es.  Cronches.” “Let me [...]
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Four Broken Bones: Or, How To Ruin Summer in One Giant Leap

Tucker fell six feet from the top of a swing set.  In a crash landing, the arch of his foot [...]
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The Stuff of Sonnets and Love Songs

“I think I understand how love works, Mom. It’s like God plants a seed in your heart, and then you [...]
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Never Miss The Real Win

I’ll admit, I still have kind of a hard time knowing who has the ball and what’s happening next on [...]
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The Dance in Knowing

It’s great to be known. There is a dance in knowing – in the pursuit of the dozens of details. [...]
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Fish Bowl

Lunchables, Goldfish Marriages, and Where The Red Fern Grows

“Mommy, did you know someone can die of a broken heart?” “I do know.” I very nearly have. I don’t [...]
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Sauerkraut and Bowling

I got hit with some kind of horrific stomach bug that surely spawned from the fall of man.  I will spare [...]
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Scarlet and Grey

During an Ohio State football game a couple of weeks ago, Tuck was in the ER for the evening with [...]
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This Is What It’s About. This Right Here.

It was bedtime, and together we were reading the story of Abraham and Isaac from The Jesus Storybook Bible. I [...]
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Just Three Things. That’s All I Ask.

“I hate you!” I hear one brother mutter to another in the backseat. I gasp dramatically and pull the car [...]
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Better Than A Team

I feel like one of the ways we could help the laundry situation at our house is by getting Tucker [...]
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