I guess I’m a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a crafter, a cook, a reader, a writer, a homemaker, a pianist, and probably a lot more too. But at the end of the day, I’m just a Christian trying to find and obey God’s will.
I know I didn’t write this, but I promise you should read anyway. Elisabeth reminds us that choosing obedience to the call of God on our lives means warfare and fighting the good fight. I think that sometimes the initial choice is so hard we forget that the battle has only begun with that first [...]
Sunday morning and we are snowed in. The local radio stations announce cancellations while cold gusts of wind whip the snowstorm into a frenzy. Plows can’t keep up (or don’t bother?…), and so it’s decided: we’ll stay home.
Can’t say I mind. There’s nothing as snuggly and cuddly as an impromptu day at home with a [...]
It’s snowing. [I know that's nothing new for most of you, but for me, it's my very first snowstorm this year!]
I’m eating a rum log, just frosted by my (growing up beautifully and too quickly) baby sister.
It’s cold, cold, cold outside, but we’re all toasty warm in a Christmas-time house.
Yay. I’m home.
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Jameson was a [...]
Today Ryan took Jameson out for a few hours while I tackled my to-dos. Here are the updates that arrived periodically in my inbox:
Mom, dad’s taking me on a train ride!!!
J
I’m gonna miss dad. [on the carousel ALONE!]
[more fun...]
Mom,
We just finished lunch. Dad let me drink some of his milk and eat some
of his bagel–yum! [...]
We decided against getting a tree this year. Since I’m leaving on Monday, it seemed a bit silly to pay, you know, $88 for something we’d barely enjoy. At first I thought maybe we could get a little live tree — miniature and sweet and all that. But even that, Ryan enlightened me, would be [...]
It’s pouring buckets outside. In fact, the storm started with such ferocity that it woke us up.
I only mention this because it’s the first rainstorm we’ve had since I moved here six months ago. (Okay, 5 1/2.)
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Rainstorms and Christmas music just don’t jive, in my Northeast opinion. Neither do flip-flops (outside) and Christmas lights, paper [...]
Yup, my name is Danica. Like the race car driver, whose name I know, but whose career I know nothing about. A Nascar fan I am not. Things like reading, playing piano, gardening, cooking, sewing, writing, and keeping my bathroom bleached are more up my alley. Read more »My maiden name is Sinclair (not Patrick), and I come from good stock. (So says my husband, anyway!) I'm the oldest of 9 kids--and my parents are neither insane, uninformed, or Catholic. They're actually the best parents you could ask for. Seriously. (And, consequently, I think pretty highly of my siblings, too, whose blogs you can access from the links below.) I've joined a new clan, though, and my husband and I have been "leaving-and-cleaving" for 2 years and counting. We have a son who you'll read much (too much?) about. Oh. And there are pictures of him, too--hundreds of them--should you care to click on over to my flickr account. I'm a stay at home mom who is redefining that title--I literally stay at home as much as I possibly can. I love to be home! Home, by the way, is in Northern California, although my roots are in a lil' ol' town in Northern New York. Lastly, I take all blame for any ridiculous, outlandish, illogical posts. Anything worth commenting on or linking to is due to my husband's encouragement. In the spirit of the Little engine That Could, "He thinks I can, He thinks I can, He thinks I can,...", and sometimes, that's all a wife needs.
"Even in countries like Canada and the U.K., there is no intrinsic right to health care. Rather, citizens in these countries are told by government bureaucrats what health-care treatments they are eligible to receive and when they can receive them. All countries with socialized medicine ration health care by forcing their citizens to wait in lines to receive scarce treatments.
Although Canada has a population smaller than California, 830,000 Canadians are currently waiting to be admitted to a hospital or to get treatment, according to a report last month in Investor's Business Daily. In England, the waiting list is 1.8 million."
A fabulous thought on responding to our children's fears: Yes, your fears are valid, and YES, Jesus came to deliver.
Well said. Nothing genius, but then again, it seems that us duped Americans just need a lot of basic truth these days.
"Sotomayor’s comments were literally scripted — for a lecture. She then published that speech in a law journal. It’s apparent she meant what she said, and if a white judge ever said anything similar, his career would be over. And, as former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy notes, any typical citizen who said anything of the sort would be dismissed from a jury pool."
Creepy: the exact word I use when describing my feelings about leaders who go out of their way to promote infanticide. But that's another story. (ht: lore.unskewed.com)
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