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About Those Music Lessons

Posted in Children, Homeschooling, Music, Parenting on February 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »

It seems B is not quite ready for formal lessons. He was initially looking forward to it, but then almost immediately he dug in his heels and stated he did not want to learn the piano. Practice was pretty much akin to pulling teeth and quite complicated our mornings (or afternoons, whenever we tried to [...]

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From the Mountains

Posted in Faith, Music, Worship on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

We sang this song in worship this morning and I couldn’t help but think of the beautiful mountains we left just a week ago.
Much of You by Stephen Curtis Chapman
How could I stand here
And watch the sun rise
Follow the mountains
Where they touch the sky
Ponder the vastness
And the depths of the sea
And think for a moment
The [...]

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Another Tower View

Posted in Just for Fun, Lighter Fare, Travel on February 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This is a shot in another direction from the tower of The Lodge. It sure is beautiful in those mountains. You can check out my flickr photos for more shots from Cloudcroft.

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From the Tower

Posted in Just for Fun, Lighter Fare, Travel on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We stayed at The Lodge in Cloudcroft, this past weekend. This is a view from the tower.

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Cloudcroft Pictures

Posted in Just for Fun, Laughing at Life, Lighter Fare, Marriage, Travel on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t know when I became such a fuddy duddy. Perhaps I’ve always been one. I was drug out in knee deep snow by my husband, muttering and sputtering the whole way up to this spot. Of course, once I got there I found it quite breath taking, and was glad that he went to the trouble [...]

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Freshly Laundered Shirt Returns

Posted in Children, Family, Just for Fun, Laughing at Life, Lighter Fare on February 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »

We’re back! Sorry, I couldn’t resist after the title of my last post. Sometimes I’m just goofy.
We all had a wonderful weekend. B had a great time with Grandmom & Grandad and their little dog, Penney. He was so excited to get to hold her in the car that he didn’t even want [...]

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Off Like a Dirty Shirt

Posted in Adoption, Family on February 15, 2007 | 10 Comments »

Wow, this has been a rough week on the adoption front. I’m still shocked at some things I have seen around the blogosphere by adoptive parents and some wanting to adopt. Stuff like this: Adopt Us a Baby (WARNING click at your own risk – triggering). That one left me speechless.
Sooo, I’m going to take [...]

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To Clarify on Adoption Ethics

Posted in Adoption on February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I want to clarify a few things from my recent postings regarding ethical and open adoptions. I pretty much agree with all the items in Afrindimum’s list, although we are probably thinking differently about at least one of those items. So I’ll start there, with the abortion issue. I am pro-life, no ifs ands or [...]

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My Questions Answered

Posted in Adoption on February 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »

When I hadn’t gotten a call-back from the agency, I decided to send an email. Here’s an excerpt:
We are willing to accept whatever level of openness J wants at any given time. If she needs distance for a while and doesn’t want to hear from us, that’s OK. But I also want to know if [...]

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Ethical Adoption

Posted in Adoption on February 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »

A while back I linked to a post on Afrindiemum where she lists things to consider to ensure you embark on an ethical adoption (see Come Together on Adoption). This is so important and has come to my attention again that there are many adoption “consultants” and even agencies that are not using ethical practices, [...]

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