Take a good look at these pictures. Children with Down Syndrome are rare these days. That’s because at least 85% of them never get the chance to be born. Some statistics from 2002 show that as many as 93% of babies whose prenatal tests showed a probability [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 28, 2007
A Weight-y Subject
I had skinny babies. I’m not talking about when they were born, though none of them were big chunks at birth either. I mean, at around 3 or 4 months, their growth curve sort of levels out for a while. Some of them actually have straight lines on their growth curves; little [...]
March 26, 2007
Miscellaneous Monday
After a hiatus, Miscellaneous Monday is back. I hope you’ll play along.
3 Random Facts About Myself:
1. I had chicken pox twice.
2. I enjoy singing camp songs and was genuinely excited when I had children and realized Barney sings some of my old camp songs. [...]
March 26, 2007
Life Should Not Be A Masquerade Ball
I was struck yesterday by the brokenness of people. So many of us are masking our shame, tucking our sins under our outer layers of sunshiney perfection. We struggle to maintain this facade of picture-perfect Christian while we are so broken inside, we’re barely held together. Why? How did we get [...]
March 24, 2007
Rowing Against The Wind
From My Files I wrote this a while back. I hope it encourages you.
Do you ever feel like you’re running in place? Spinning your wheels? Going against the flow?
I feel like that pretty often. I have six children under age eight. Many days I consider it a [...]
March 23, 2007
How To Read A Chapter Book
OK . . . some people just think differently. This little anecdote pretty much sums up the mind of my Rachel (age 7).
I asked Rachel to bring the book she has been reading to the dining room. So she brings in Anne of Green Gables. And I instructed her to sit [...]
March 23, 2007
Soppy Carpets, Moldy Walls, and Flying Ants, OH MY!
From My Files I wrote this back in 2003. That’s two babies ago. We still live in the same house, though now we have an unfinished addition and a wonderful front porch. We are now bursting at the seams, and there are times when the Holy Spirit still has to [...]
