The Most Precious Commodity Of All… Sleep!

It struck me today as I tried to roust my body from bed that I’ve only ever been this tired a few times. Four of those were in the months immediately following the joyous addition of my children to the family. Laura has overextended her options on influencing our sleep several times in [...]

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St. Louis, Here We Come!

Well, it is official. We’ll be heading to St. Louis on the 21st. We have an 8 AM appt. on the 22nd and then we’ll be driving home again. Ten hours each way. Ten hours with a 14 year old and a 10 year old who like to get on the [...]

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Ligaments and Tendons and Bones, Oh My!!!

Sometimes when dealing with yet another Laura issue I find myself wandering down the same path once again and peering into the darkness to see just where it will come out in the end this time. We’re wandering down the path of ‘relapsed club feet’ once again. So far this path has [...]

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"Night-Night" Shoe Update of Sorts

We’ve got three nights and three naps under our belt in our new “Night-Night” shoes. The naps are really no biggie. She isn’t phased by her shoes in the middle of the afternoon and handles it very well. She doesn’t even insist, as she used to when she wore them before, that [...]

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Laughter Really IS The Best Medicine – Part 2

I must admit that this morning finds both my hubby and I a little toasted around the edges. Laura’s been sick and that means lots of “Get up, get up, get out of bed” times for us throughout the night. Since Don gets up for work at 5 AM, on nights like this he’s usually [...]

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New "Night-Night" Shoes

I could easily have titled this “How John Mitchell assisted Dr. Ponseti in saving Laura’s feet”. He certainly has done so much for so many and I’m glad that included Laura. The UPS man delivered her new “night-night” shoes from MDOrthopaedics today. We tried them on and she didn’t fuss. In fact, she said “They [...]

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New "Night-Night" Shoes

I could easily have titled this “How John Mitchell assisted Dr. Ponseti in saving Laura’s feet”. He certainly has done so much for so many and I’m glad that included Laura. The UPS man delivered her new “night-night” shoes from MDOrthopaedics today. We tried them on and she didn’t fuss. In fact, she said “They [...]

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Even In The Little Things

The Lord is good. Even in the little things.
Twice in the past few days the Lord showed me just how much he loves me by taking care of what really are two little things when I let go and gave them to him. I’m sure there are many other ways he’s taken [...]

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