tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11889083786169231822024-03-05T10:58:33.381-08:00Love and HappinessYou have made known to me the path of life; You fill me with joy in Your Presence.
Psalm 16:11Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-71457724128104625112021-12-16T10:42:00.001-08:002021-12-16T10:56:52.854-08:00Margaret Victoria 11/5<p><font size="2">Our Maggie is 6 weeks old tomorrow. I love having a newborn again. The cuddles, the baby smell, the love as she stares at me, the feeling of being able to comfort her. She started smiling this week, but don’t blink, or you will miss it. </font></p><p><font size="2">She was definitely my most eventful pregnancy, but maybe that’s what you get when you are pregnant at 40. I had debilitating fatigue and nausea and vomiting the first trimester, and then I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I ended up on insulin right away, mostly at night for my fasting blood sugars and a little in the morning after breakfast that I didn’t really have to titrate. By the end I was on 60 units of long-acting insulin at night! Being on insulin also bought me biweekly NSTs in the OB clinic.</font></p><p><font size="2">Our other issue was that she looked quite large on ultrasound. I have already had larger babies, and the doctors assumed she would be even bigger because of the GD. We made the difficult decision to choose an elective c-section over induction at 39 weeks to avoid any possibility of shoulder dystocia. </font></p><p><font size="2">I thought I was never going to make it to the end, when we hit another snag. I tested positive for breakthrough Covid at 37 weeks. I quarantined in my room for 10 days and prayed constantly that no kids would get it. We knew we didn’t want to bring a baby home to that! Sean and the kids did everything. If Sean was at work, we made lists of things for the kids to do during the day, and I FaceTime’d them to help and answer questions. It was wild. It’s a miracle that no one got hurt or got Covid by the end of everything. My NSTs were switched to the Family Birth Center at the hospital, so they could have all the protective gear they needed to treat me. </font></p><p><font size="2">Finally our sweet girl arrived on November 5th at 8:03am. She was only 9lbs, 1oz—the same as Jack. But we were both alive and well, and that itself was such a huge answer to prayer. </font></p><p><font size="2">Recovering from a c-section is definitely not my favorite thing, but everything gets better every day. We are already wondering what we would do without our little Maggie and how we ever lived without her. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br></font></p><p><img src="" width="300" height="300" style="transform: rotate(0deg);"><font size="2"><br></font></p><p><font size="2"><br></font></p><p><font size="2"><br></font></p>Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-67690150314246182622016-05-15T21:47:00.000-07:002016-05-16T09:57:28.082-07:00Why I Love Patch the Pirate For Children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all know how difficult it can be to find quality anything for children. From toys that break in a day to mindless shows like My Little Pony (which, unfortunately, my daughter loves), it seems that we have just dumbed down life for our children compared to generations past. Instead of tackling normal issues in a realistic but age-appropriate way, we have decided that being ridiculous and superficial is the way to go as long as we try to tack on a general moral at the end of the story. And the pickin's are even more slim if you are a parent trying to teach your kids how much Jesus loves them, and you are fervently praying every day for them to choose His best plan for each of their lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So when you find a gem, it's just gotta be shared. When the musically talented Ron Hamilton was in his 20s, doctors discovered cancer in his left eye. He went into surgery and woke up with his eye removed. Tough break for a guy so young. The hospital staff told him he was going to get to wear a pirate patch, and according to his own testimony, all the kids nicknamed him "Patch the Pirate" once he got back to church. What came from this trial was a yearly stream of character building stories and songs for children dating all the way back to the 1980s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My own history with Patch the Pirate comes from being in the same generation as his children and growing up listening to and loving the stories myself (on cassette tape, of course). It was amazing when I bought </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Patch Goes to the Jungle</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for Cora when she was two. She didn't really give me much feedback, but I'm telling you all those songs came right back to me. I'm sure I enjoyed it more than she did. Most nights I still sing "My God is a Righteous God" to the kids while they are falling asleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the beginning, we got the ones I had listened to as a child, but we have since branched out to the latest Patch the Pirate adventures, which include Alberta Einstein with her "Ein-phone" and all sorts of culturally relevant references. The older ones are a little less PC, much like everything from 20+ years ago when people weren't offended by everything imaginable. For instance, in <i>Camp Kookawacka Woods</i>, the Native American chief has a deep voice and says, "mmmm." But he is also representative of Jesus at His return, so you know there is nothing truly negative to be inferred by that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not sure why more people have not heard of the Patch the Pirate stories. Maybe because they aren't marketed a ton. Or maybe because he identifies more with the musically traditional denominations and has spoken openly about not wanting to embrace contemporary Christian music in the children's songs he writes. Fine with me. His convictions are his convictions. I love me some contemporary worship music, but I actually prefer the songs like they are. There is obviously talent behind every song, and you can hear and understand the words, which are pure gold for your children to be hearing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From silly songs, to songs teaching kids about hygiene, to theologically rich songs about the gospel and the Christian walk, your kids will truly be "setting their minds on things above" (Col 3:2) and learning basic truths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some of the earlier songs are even Scripture taken from a KJV Bible version, since that also was more prevalent back in the day. But again it really is ok to want to lift our children to a higher understanding and knowledge and widen their vocabulary a little. Coming from someone who appreciates the older hymns still, throwing in a "thee," an "abide" or a "shall" every once in a while never hurt anyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love these stories more all the time, and I have heard them A LOT. I'm telling you. A lot. My kids listen to them in the car, in quiet time every day, and sometimes just when we are doing things around the house. They are always asking me, "Mom, can we listen to Captain Patch?" I love having something they are interested in that doesn't involved a screen, so I barely limit it at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I highly encourage you to check it out. Even if you are not completely blown away listening for the first time, just wait a few more times. You will probably be just as blessed as your kids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll leave you with the words to just one of so many awesome songs. Cora's latest fave is <i>The Custard's Last Stand</i>, during which the silly, fainting, language-challenged Sissy Seagull (Shelley Hamilton, Ron's wife) <a href="http://tidido.com/a35184373843319/al55d7b8bc13b521ef22b86962/t55d7b8bd13b521ef22b869c7" target="_blank">sings "Thank You, Lord"</a> along with a choir of children. As I was listening to the song to write out the words (there is no Google for most of these lyrics), Jack said, "Hey, Mom, you wuv this song!" Yes, I do, Little Man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but I want my kids listening to words like this every day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Find the Patch the Pirate stories at </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.majestymusic.com/adventures">majestymusic.com</a> or on iTunes. And feel free to ask me for any recommendations for newbies to the Patch world!</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-87557996782386949342014-12-10T19:47:00.000-08:002014-12-11T14:35:18.151-08:00Mourning Miscarriage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've cried a lot in the past two days. Controlled crying. Not the really hard kind. The kind you do when you aren't in an acute stage of grief, but you reach inside and pull it out on purpose when you are alone and the kids are sleeping. A song plays that you cherished during that sad time, and you let the words and music fill your heart until the tears spill down your cheeks. The kind of crying that is quiet and short and gives a sense of relief afterwards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A sweet friend just lost her baby at 9 weeks. The past three years have brought with them so many friends experiencing this loss. So many. Too many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I grieve with her. I grieve for her and her family. It makes me think about <a href="http://www.luvnhappy.blogspot.com/2012/10/remember.html" target="_blank">my own experience</a>. It makes me think about all the others. What can I do? What do we do for each other during times like this? I didn't really want people around me much. I appreciated the words from afar in the beginning, when it was so hard. Later was when hugs were ok; and even then hugs were draining because they brought tears and increased emotion. So I am trying to honor that part, thinking that she probably feels the same as I did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Important words and actions, but I didn't follow up as I should. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Whatever you need, let me know." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I meant it, but it's just such a shallow offering. It's hard to take someone up on that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a month goes by and then two, it seems like we are all just supposed to go back to normal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't let anyone tell you--even yourself--that you shouldn't still be sad. If someone hurts your feelings and you don't feel understood, just remember that not everyone is supposed to understand. Be happy for them that they don't. And even those who should may just grieve differently than you. If they don't seem to be hurting for as long, it's because they are not you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even people who have miscarried have said insensitive things to me. It doesn't matter. They didn't mean it. If they did, that is another issue, but I bet 99% of people don't mean to be inconsiderate. Let's give them some grace and return to grief instead of resorting to anger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Does it often seem like it would be weird to bring up the topic again after a few months, and say, "How are you really doing with that now"? A lot of times the weirdness even comes from the woman at the end of that question. She feels like she should not be suffering anymore like she was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Oh fine, I guess. It was hard, but I'm feeling better now." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's just a heaviness in the air that screams that's not enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just wish there was more. I want more. Maybe not discussion all the time, but a hug, a card, something. I don't know. Things I have not done for my friends, but I wish I had. Just something more intimate. That's it. Intimacy. Connection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read an article recently that keeps coming back to me. <a href="http://www.scissortailsilk.com/2014/05/13/how-abortion-has-changed-the-discussion-of-miscarriage/" target="_blank">How abortion has changed the discussion of miscarriage.</a> It seems like we are just supposed to get over it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I'm still not over it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I felt a great amount of healing when Jack was born. I would have had my babies in February, and he was born in June. He would not be here if they had survived. That is a bittersweet thought that is hard to wrap my mind around. I feel a little strange saying that he is my 4th child, so usually I just don't. But why? He is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even discussions with others who have miscarried can often become a game of minimizing. I know I do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Oh, yes I have miscarried, but mine was really early. So it wasn't as hard as so-and-so who lost a baby further along."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Oh, I had to have a D&C, so it wasn't as hard as so-and-so who had to go through the physical pain of a natural miscarriage." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who wins the "least hard" miscarriage story? It's like we think we might hurt someone's feelings who seems to have a more difficult story. Maybe her story <i>is</i> harder, but that doesn't minimize yours. We have all lost here. Let's stop acting like we didn't. There was life, and then there wasn't. That is significant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fellow moms of sweet children lost: I love you. I am sad for you. Even years later. The grief changes, but it's still there. Just different. Friends, when you have a moment of quiet, I want you to listen to the words of this song by Selah. And be ok crying a little if you are a crier, like me. It's never been too long for you to give that notable loss a moment of attention. And it makes us all just a little bit closer to look back and feel, especially the next time we hear that a new mother has joined our ranks. We connect with her in our souls, because we remember.</span></div>
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Who could love you like this?</div>
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Truth is I'm barely hanging on</div>
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Because He loves you like this</div>
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So I will carry you</div>
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While your heart beats here</div>
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Long beyond the empty cradle</div>
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Through the coming years</div>
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I will carry you</div>
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All my life</div>
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I will praise the One Who's chosen me</div>
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To carry you</div>
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Such a short time</div>
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Such a long road</div>
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All this madness</div>
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And He says</div>
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I've shown her photographs of time beginning</div>
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Walked her through the parted seas</div>
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Angel lullabies, no more teary eyes</div>
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Who could love her like this?</div>
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I will carry you</div>
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Long beyond the empty cradle</div>
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Through the coming years</div>
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I will carry you</div>
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All your life</div>
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I will praise the One Who's chosen Me</div>
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-45121676661080041502014-07-11T20:03:00.003-07:002014-07-11T20:03:41.323-07:00Jack at 12 months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jack had his 1-year check up today. He's my brave little man, and he barely even cried when he got his shots and his finger pricked. Cora had a low enough hemoglobin that we had to treat it a little. Jack's was 11.0, so nothing needed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He is tall - 32.4 inches, which is the 99th percentile. He weighed in at 21lbs, 5oz (44th%). He army crawls really fast, and has figured out how to crawl on his knees but sometimes just reverts back to the army crawl since he is so good at it. He pulls himself up to standing but doesn't walk along anything yet. He is the most easy-going little guy, but he does get mad at Cora now when she is unkind and/or takes things from him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He says, Mama, Dada, hi, uh-oh, and just started saying ball. He waves hi and still loves to smile at anyone and everyone. And he is into EVERY-thing.</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-13675684643300720162014-06-20T06:08:00.000-07:002014-06-20T06:15:44.006-07:00Happy 1st Birthday Jack! - 1 Year in Pictures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-56680681039855785022014-04-19T19:35:00.001-07:002014-04-20T06:14:49.028-07:00Death, Saturday and Insanity: Easter Musings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After reading a friend's Instagram post this morning, I find my thoughts continually coming back to what it must have been like to be the disciples and Jesus' followers on this Saturday after His death but before the resurrection. I am so very glad that I live in a time when the Holy Spirit is present to give us discernment and wisdom, and we have the Word of God, with the entire story of redemption, to read and study and understand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What was it like when they didn't fully comprehend why Jesus had come and what it all meant? How dark that day must have been! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, the disciples had heard Him pretty much explain exactly what was going to happen about how He was would have to lay down His life and that He would rise again, blah, blah, blah, but they had no idea what that really meant or entailed. Even after the resurrection, they didn't quite get the purpose for all of it. It's easy to look back on the disciples and feel like they were really dense, but I'm positive that any one of us in their shoes would not have acted differently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But on that Saturday, what were they thinking? Their Messiah died!! And not only that but He died a horrible, humiliating death only reserved for the worst of criminals. When He was arrested, all the disciples ran away in fear of being associated with Him. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Peter denied that he even knew who Jesus was. Not once, but three times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Death is death. It is so final. It is the end that everyone experiences. In our minds, it is the normal progression of life, even when it's surprising or happens when we think it shouldn't. It still is that way things are. It's the natural way and something we understand to be true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was dead! They had seen a few people raised from the dead at Jesus' hand (who, by the way, still died again eventually), but now that Jesus was dead, that amazingness would seem to be pretty much over. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And how often even now, do we, as believers in Christ, see God do something in our lives or someone else's but then really struggle with having faith the next time the same situation comes up? Anyone? Raising my hand right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That day would have been awful. Horrible. Second worst day ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think about how nutso we all must sound to those who do not know the story of Jesus or just don't believe it. We are all like, "yay for Resurrection Sunday!" And non-Christians are like, "ok you crazies." Haha! We totally sound crazy. Jesus sounded crazy. If He wasn't God, then all that stuff He said definitely should have gotten Him sent straight to the loony bin in a straight jacket. Can you imagine if someone today got up and said, "all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me (Matt 28:18)"? We would all run away screaming for help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But those of you running, just for fun, do a google search of John chapter 18 and read through chapter 20 (search in the ESV-that's a readable version without any thees and thous). Super interesting story that made for a really intense, sad movie. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So anything I say here is not meant as a condemnation. Pot. Kettle. In fact this pot is blacker than your kettle, I'm sure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are people who I know and love dearly who do choose to partake in alcohol consumption, and while I do not respect them any less, this fact has caused me to reflect on my stance on the matter to a higher degree that I otherwise would. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has taken me a while to write this post and decide to (gasp!) actually click that taunting orange publish button. I love so many dear ones who could potentially be offended by these words, although that is not my intention in any way. But so many of my thoughts of late keep bringing me back to the topic. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have spent a lot of time mulling over why I feel the prick of conscience that I do in relation to drinking when my loved ones perhaps do not. I just want to pose questions that I have asked myself and am still contemplating the answers to. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, Church. Christ-lovers. Dearest friends of mine seeking to know Him on this life journey....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh, I hear you. One or two drinks is not a sin. The Bible only mentions drunkenness. Eh. Debatable. True technically, but there are many passages that talk about peeps getting into trouble because of drinking without specifically mentioning where the subject was on the drunkenness scale.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ok though. Let's assume that one or two is totally fine, which is probably more where I would tend to agree with. But how many people do you know who really only EVER have one or two at a time? Maybe you can name a couple names of the multiple dear folk you know who imbibe. I, honestly, can't think of anyone. And I also know beloved fellow believers who just choose to ignore the admonitions regarding drunkenness completely (me! me! me! until very recently) and partake in a similar manner as the rest of the world. Sorry, ya'll, but if you claim to be a Bible-follower I'm not sure that there is good argument you can put up for justifying that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So what is your definition of drunk? Feeling a little "tipsy"? Being totally plastered? Slurring your words? Blacking out? Hmmm... I have done all of those things, and, putting aside the legal limits, I would have to say that the beginning of "being drunk" is when you no longer act like you would completely sober. Such as, I-now-feel-empowered-to-talk-about-my-feelings-when<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">-I-</span>wouldn't-before or I-suddenly-feel-the-need-to-be-more-affectionate-than-I-would-before or my-voice-is-suddenly-slightly-louder-and-I-feel-smarter-than-I-did-before or perhaps I am just much more chatty in general. You get the picture. Also "legally drunk" happens way sooner than you think it does, and that is even a worldly standard, Loved Ones.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I don't know about you but that feeling, that sense of empowerment, is truly the only reason to really drink in the first place. I mean, c'mon, if I wasn't looking for a certain sensation, I would just have water and save myself the calories. Anyone else feelin' me?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ok, so let's say that <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">you really do just drink one glass of wine with dinner because you like the taste, and </span>none of the above applies to you. But guess what? It does to me and a huge number of other people who could either be: (a.) Christians who aren't as mature in their faith and may be confused by your decisions or (b.) non-Christians who are watching you. And there are verses about causing others to stumble (1 Cor 10:31-33).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So let me tell you the reasons that I chose to quit drinking (and I really do miss it sometimes).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If I have one glass of wine with dinner and start to feel that wonderful relaxation feeling, I find myself thinking about how I really want another glass. Every. Single. Time. If I choose to give in, after each subsequent glass, that "need" just keeps compounding, and I just keep wanting more (not that I always would, but I sure would kinda want to). Not everyone struggles with this, but I certainly do. Ephesians 5:18 says, "Do not be drunk with wine, wherein is excess [ain't that the truth]; but be filled with the Spirit." And you know what? <i>I really want to be filled with the Spirit.</i> Can I really hear Him and worship Him and praise Him if I am under the influence of something else?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have thought a lot lately, too, about what it means to feel the Presence of the Lord. Beth Moore provides a good description; "when the Spirit of Christ in me responds to the Spirit of God around me, I sense His Presence." Obviously it's not like I live in a constant state of sensing His Presence in this way, but I believe that I can't recognize it if I am under the influence of a mind-altering substance (the priests of the tabernacle were not allowed to have any wine or fermented drink when they went into the Tent of Meeting [Lev 10:8-10] - I assume for a similar reason). From my experience, when I can hear God and see His Presence in my life in really meaningful ways, it always means that I have been deliberating choosing to obey His Word and cultivate my relationship with Him. And there is <i>nothing</i> in life better than to know the Presence of my God. To be rich in relationship with Him is only perfected by constantly evaluating junk in my life that is preventing me from experiencing the fullness of that intimacy. And for me, alcohol was junk that got trashed, because I want intimacy more.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was at a bar once and got to talking with someone who found out I was a Christian. "So you're a Christian who smokes (I used to do that too) and drinks?" Asked with incredulity. I still remember the slight look of disdain. Obviously that is an extreme case. One that you could pass off if you don't go to bars and don't smoke and don't drink in excess. But are you really portraying a strong testimony with the defensive "what?!-the-Bible-doesn't-say-anything-about-having-one-or-two-drinks-so-I-can" argument? Light and salt, People. In John 17:13-21, Jesus, in a prayer specifically for believers (v20), calls us to be separate. We are to be sanctified by the truth and be in the world but not of the world. Beth Moore again </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(I'm doing a study by her)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">states, "Sanctification...is about purity - purity maintained in an impure world... What do you deliberately avoid for the sake of purity?" My own conclusion from my conscience (that I have fought with for years) and my continued Bible study tell me that I need to deliberately avoid alcohol. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Matt 10:16 says, "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves."</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you google, "can/should Christians drink," a bizillion things come up - many thoughts from theologians and folks who are much more articulate than I. I have people I am close to on every part of the spectrum as far as thoughts about this topic. It's definitely a hot one. I grew up with a more legalistic view of it, which I don't think is the way to be. But legalism also goes both ways. As a Christian, I can either be legalistic by saying that alcohol is a sin and pointing the finger at others who don't hold that view, or I can be legalistic by getting super offended at all those "alcohol-is-a-sin" sayers and talking about how they are nothing but a bunch of zealots. As believers in Christ, we need to choose to focus on the Gospel and the Love that unites us rather than always picking apart each other over everything that we differ on. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So why write a post about it? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because if there is anything I've learned in my life, it's that if I am struggling with something, there are others struggling with the exact same thing. Those experiences that are "common to man" (1 Cor 10:13). Obviously this post is from my experience only (except for the Scripture part), but if you are struggling with your stance on alcohol as a believer in Christ, I hope you are more clear after reading this. The fact that your conscience is being pricked at all is probably one of the biggest red flags that maybe something needs to change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I studied more in Scripture about alcohol and learned that there are actually many instances where wine is mentioned in a positive light. Looking at the whole picture, I have concluded that there is a definite line, and each person must be listening to the Holy Spirit for guidance as to where that line is. I actually still agree with pretty much everything I said above, especially for myself, but I know that much of it comes from a subjective place based on my experience and failings. If you see me have a glass of wine with dinner, it's because I have confidently found that line in my own life by studying God's Word daily and surrendering my thoughts and questions about it to Him. The one big thing that has changed from my original post is I no longer feel the need to continue with another and another. I pray God will always convict me to abstain if the issue at all is a stumbling block for someone else. I thank the Lord for His grace and patience as He taught me and continues to reveal truths about this difficult and culturally complicated subject matter. Only His truth is relevant. </span></span></span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-87964931022810049842013-12-13T16:02:00.000-08:002013-12-13T20:33:50.856-08:00The End of a Precious Season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today was my last Bible study in Monterey. We've been doing either weekly or biweekly ones since September 2011. I have grown so much and learned so much that there are not even words to describe the thankfulness I have for this season that God placed me in. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These women truly taught me how to be a friend. You know the kind who is open and genuine. The kind you know you can go to with your struggles and joys and prayer requests. And you know that you will be prayed for. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The kind of women who, after only a few meetings, you just know are kindred spirits. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We've laughed, cried, hugged, prayed and come along side one another. Our children have gone from babies to little people. All the while we encouraged each other to persevere even when the sleepless nights and tantrums seemed like they would never end. When we felt inadequate or had been hurt, there was always encouragement to be gleaned. God truly showed Himself as we came back week after week to the oasis of fellowship in the midst of the little voices that consume our days. We are safe together.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So many of us have moved on to new seasons as of late. My sweet friend, Joy, introduced a quote that has become the motto for those embarking on new journeys.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“But, as for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the disciples 'Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,' can truly say to every group of Christian friends 'You have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one another.' The Friendship is not a reward for our discrimination and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each the beauties of all the others. They are no greater than the beauties of a thousand other men; by Friendship God opens our eyes to them. They are, like all beauties, derived from Him, and then, in a good Friendship, increased by Him through the Friendship itself, so that it is His instrument for creating as well as for revealing. At this feast it is He who has spread the board and it is He who has chosen the guests. It is He, we may dare to hope, who sometimes does, and always should, preside. Let us not reckon without our Host.” -- CS Lewis</span></blockquote>
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-66077648693460993992013-11-15T07:52:00.000-08:002013-11-15T07:52:24.489-08:00Crazy Coordinator Lady<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm such a planner. I am very unorganized with it comes to some things. Just take a look in my "kid cupboard" in the kitchen. But then with other things I am Crazy Coordinator Lady.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are moving. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need lists. And a huge 3-ring binder with labeled tabs. And white labels for each box that I write on with a color-coordinated sharpie that goes with each room. I printed off the floor plan from our soon-to-be house's appraisal and used my trusty sharpies to assign a color to each room. Those sharpies will then be used to write on the white labels and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eventually</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> on a big sign placed on each door when we get to our house so that the movers know where to put things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need structure. I need a specific curriculum for my daughter to do preschool activities. I can't just think simple things up on my own. If it came down to that, I just would not teach her anything in an organized fashion and then beat myself up for being a below par mother. I either need to be organized or I give up completely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I overwhelm myself. I have spent so much time planning for our move that I probably could have half the place packed up and labeled with a simple black marker. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At times I will spend a half hour researching activities to do with my daughter instead of just playing with her during that time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I really just need to take a breath and trust God. This is currently one of my struggles. My desire to be organized (which is a good thing, people!) and intentional with our time but at the same time to stand back, enjoy and just let life happen.</span></div>
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-21167531081618675572013-11-14T16:50:00.002-08:002013-11-14T16:52:08.025-08:00Jack - 4 months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-25659265819573504182013-11-14T16:40:00.001-08:002013-11-14T16:40:24.425-08:00Jack - 3 months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-38648762184629155772013-11-13T12:19:00.001-08:002013-11-13T12:19:45.094-08:00Jack - 1 month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-91177972080995445802013-11-13T12:19:00.000-08:002013-11-13T12:19:11.857-08:00Jack's Birth Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On June 20th at 2:53am, we welcomed our little man, Jack Edward, into the world. The end of this pregnancy was so much different than my experience with Cora. I felt like I was in labor for pretty much the entire last month. I even ended up in L & D before 37 weeks and was placed on a "resting" schedule. When I was full term, I thought for sure I would go into labor right away when I started doing </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">activities normally again. Cora was 2 1/2 weeks early, so I was positive this little guy would be close to that as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Needless to say, the last 3 weeks were L.O.N.G. I had contractions every day, and sometimes they would even get regular and worsen. But then they would just stop and nothing would happen. I kept hearing from everyone that the second one goes so much faster. I was starting to think that I might not even make it to the hospital in time, because I was so used to having contractions that I would end up waiting too long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My mother-in-law arrived on June 18th to stay with us for two weeks. We had thought that we would have a baby for sure by then, but by the time she came, I was wondering if she was going to end up being with us for quite some time before anything happened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then at 6:38am on June 19th, I woke up to contractions once again. They were pretty irregular most of the morning, but then started getting more regular and stronger by mid-afternoon. I called Sean to come home from work, and we waited at home for a while before heading to the hospital around 9pm when my contractions were consistently 5 min apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just to back-story you a little, I live in California... Everyone out here is all about natural birth, and they have these amazing stories about how they all got to the hospital and the baby was born 20 minutes later with the doctor barely getting there on time. <a href="http://www.luvnhappy.blogspot.com/2011/12/one-year-ago-yesterday-part-2-coras.html" target="_blank">When Cora was born</a>, I had an epidural pretty much right away, so I never really felt labor as it progressed. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This time I was really hoping to go epidural-free. I knew that part of doing this successfully is to try to labor at home for as long as possible before going in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well imagine my disappointment when we arrived and I was only dilated to 4 cm. And my contractions were definitely more painful then I had ever felt before and were 5 minutes apart. They called my OB, and since I had changed a lot from when I saw him in clinic the week before, he told them to admit me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We were there during the busiest times that any of the nurses could remember - mine having been there for 25 years. I started out in a storage room with a bed cart in it (those are super uncomfortable if you have </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">never ridden on one), while they hooked me up to the monitors and tried to get an IV. I really wanted to walk, because the laying on my back was making me want to cry. It took them 4 tries over about 45 minutes to get an IV (meanwhile I had to sit on the bed).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After they got the IV in, Sean and I walked the halls for a while. We finally got in a room around 11pm, and my OB said he wanted to break my water to "speed things up." I agreed after the nurse told me I could still walk around after the procedure. Well, unfortunately that did not happen. Jack's heart rate dropped with each contraction (which were now twice as painful as before), so I had to stay in bed so they could monitor him. I felt like a failure, but I was past my breaking point and asked for an epidural. I didn't feel like I could take the pain anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After my epidural was placed, we waited for it to kick in. But that never happened. I felt like the tops of my legs were getting numb, but I could still feel every contraction just as acutely as before. My nurse had the anesthesiologist come back to reposition it, but as soon as they sat me up, I fell over in the bed with no upper body control. Somehow my epidural had migrated up instead of down, and I was numb up to my armpits. I couldn't put the head of the bed down without having a hard time breathing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They turned off the epidural completely in order for me to get sensation back (I had received some relief after his reposition attempt thankfully), and in the meantime, I was dilated to a 10 and ready to push. But since I had no abdominal muscle feeling, we had to wait until the medication wore off. Jack was doing well, so my nurse just stayed in the room with me to monitor us while we waited. For an hour. Then another half hour. I still felt a little numb, but my doctor said he wanted me to try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Prior to pushing, Sean had been reading me verses that I had written on notecards. I pushed for 20 minutes with no change in Jack's position. My doctor said "she's getting tired" to Sean, and I knew that he was thinking about taking me for a c-section. I said I wanted to keep trying, and one of the verses that I had heard over and over was just playing on repeat in my brain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor 12:9a</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just kept praying that God would show His power through my literal weakness. I was still numb. There was no way that I delivered my little boy through my own strength. At 2:53am, after 50 minutes of pushing, he was born. Naturally. WIth no epidural (at least for the parts of my body that actually needed it).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9 pounds, 1 ounce, 21 1/2 inches of sweet, squishy baby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sean delivered him and, knowing that when Cora was born I had been sad that they took her away immediately before I got to hold her, he put Jack on my abdomen. I didn't think it could be possible, but right then I loved Sean even more then before. </span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-27248981127292765342013-06-12T14:58:00.000-07:002013-11-13T12:35:18.174-08:00MN Visitors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Early in May my sister-in-law, Erin, came to visit with our little niece, Fiona. Uncle Chris couldn't come because he couldn't get time off (Whenever I talk about Erin and Chris, Cora says, "Uncle Chris, I be shy!" I think she's planning on being standoffish for a little while the next time she sees him.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We weren't too wild and crazy and spent a lot of time just chilling at home, with some visits to the ocean thrown in.</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-63156646168690943572013-05-11T09:03:00.000-07:002013-05-11T09:03:38.247-07:00Cora at 2 years and 4 months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am so amazed at how much my little girl changes every day. I feel like we were just in the pediatrician's office in early February and he was asking us how many words she put together. 3 or 4, I said. The other day, I counted 8. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"I need a tissue to wipe my nose." Enunciated in a complete sentence. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Nips" has changed to "Milk." "Oak" has changed to "Coat."</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She remembers everything. Her little friend came over for lunch, and I offered Aniaha a choice of a blue or orange fork to eat with. Days later, I brought out the blue fork that Aniaha had used, and Cora said, "Niaha's fork." </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I absolutely love how she narrates her life. "I'm running. I'm loud. Need socks. Reading my books. Look Mama's phone, want to. Play mine toys. Watch Dora and Boots on iPad." When we are just at home and quiet with no company or pressure, she talks constantly, giving Sean and I a running commentary of what she is doing and thinking. When we are just hanging out - "Mommy, I'm home! I'm home!" My favorite of late is, "I'm being shy right now," as she hugs me and buries her face in my shoulder. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If she trips or something goes wrong in her mind, she will pause for a second and then say, "I'm OK!"</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A few weeks ago she asked me if she could do something, and I said no. She proceeded to tell me, "ask Daddy," as if he would give her a different answer. </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She recognizes all of the letter of the alphabet in capitals but does not know them in order. She will point them out wherever we go. Her favorite is "W"; she gets very excited when she sees one. She can count to 13, but she usually skips 4. She counts actual items (not just saying the numbers) up to about 3. She can recognize her own name and tell you how to spell it, and she can write a C and an O.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She loves to read, so we get lots of books from the library. I limit each visit to 10 books, and she insists on reading them all before naps and at bedtime. "Read my new books!"</span></div>
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-2615624646803767652013-03-05T18:28:00.000-08:002013-03-05T18:30:21.660-08:00Cora's 2nd Birthday - Train Themed Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This post is very late in coming, but back in early December we had a birthday party for Cora's 2nd birthday. My mom (who is extremely artistic) was in town for a visit, so I recruited her to help me plan the grand event. I got a few ideas from Pinterest and did a bunch of online searching, and then let my mom run with the outline of ideas. I just loved the way it all turned out. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was going for a little of a vintage feel. My invitation was a smilebox email in the same color theme as the party, and when you opened it, it played the old "Tuxedo Junction" song from the 40s. I also had big band instrumental music playing in the background during the party.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I found these popcorn baskets at Target for $1 each! We popped kettle corn and added honey roasted peanuts. Each child got to take one home as a party favor, along with a conductor's hat and a train whistle (which I found super cheap online). I labeled everything with a train-related caption. Cora has some train toys that we also incorporated into the decor. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My mom drew a train outline and then cut out a bunch of construction paper so each child could decorate his/her own train. She wrapped an old Amazon box in paper, and we added Cora's glitter glue and markers to it. I asked her to draw an old-fashioned train to decorate the wall below where the cake was, and I loved what she came up with. We had it on the wall for quite a while after all the other decorations were taken down.</span></div>
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-67005354088043615482012-11-16T21:40:00.001-08:002013-03-05T18:30:04.759-08:00Coraisms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Coat = Oak<br />
Moth = Mof<br />
Possessive = Daddy's, Mommy'f, Doh-wa's (Cora's)<br />
Book = Boobaw<br />
Brigita = Beebaw<br />
Walk = come play with me (as she takes your hand to lead you somewhere)<br />
No-maw = Gramma, Dada = Grandad<br />
Nany is said correctly, Da = Granda<br />
No-nuh = Fiona<br />
Out = heart<br />
Bee = any insect that is not a mof<br />
She likes to point out that it is dark in the evenings. Dowk! Or she says it when she covers her eyes with her hands.<br />
Hello = Arrrouw (like Scooby Doo)<br />
Elmo = Ah-mow<br />
All animals are still referred to as the sounds they make, except for duck.<br />
Blocks = Doh-wa's bok<br />
Milk = nips<br />
Sun = nah-nah<br />
Slide = whee<br />
Water = wah-wah<br />
Minkabow = pink ball<br />
She is now putting two words together, like "Daddy home," "pink ball," "yuk poop"<br />
M&M's = num-num (yes they are, Little Girl)<br />
Noodle = noo-noo<br />
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I can't believe you are 23 months old today. Where did the time go? I love you more every day.<br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-47627242004976838902012-10-15T20:54:00.001-07:002012-10-16T20:50:25.017-07:00Remember<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today is an official day to remember. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But I remember every day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought of you every time I looked in the mirror. It's amazing how much faster the outwards signs show the second time around.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I picked out a shirt for your sister to wear to tell Daddy. It said "Big Sister" in bright pink glitter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We happily wrote out our top names in sidewalk chalk in the back yard. It doesn't rain often here in the summer, so the names remained for quite a while before we hosed them off prior to having company. We didn't want to give it away. We had a girl name and a boy name ready from that list. We smiled when we spoke of them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We brought your sister to the ultrasound. We wanted her to be as ready as possible to welcome you.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She wandered happily around the room as the doctor told us he couldn't find a heartbeat. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He looked me in the eye and said that it could be too early and maybe I had calculated wrong.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>But I knew.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I looked at my beloved's pale face and saw.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>He knew.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While we were planning and dreaming, you had slipped away quietly to be with Jesus.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We waited a week to be sure. I wondered if my body would figure out that you weren't growing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We knew what would happen when we returned to that ultrasound room. <i>But what we didn't know was that you were two.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Identical twins.</b> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Something he had not noticed before. He was sorry for our loss.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another week passed and we officially lost you by way of a medical procedure. My body didn't want to know that you were gone. But my heart knew.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I want you to know. That I will always remember you. That you were loved and wanted. That one day I will hold you both in my arms when this life is past. That there will be no more tears.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And that my beloved Father is my comfort. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>He always knows.</i> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And I trust Him.</span>Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-24719260046299292632012-10-07T09:21:00.001-07:002013-05-07T22:22:42.359-07:00Ariana's Under The Sea Birthday Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday we went to one of the most amazing birthday parties I have ever been to. A couple from our church who we have been able to get to know through our small group have a daughter, Ariana, who just turned four. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Her party was themed "Under the Sea," and we entered their house to experience a craft time of making colored sand jars, finding the "treasure" in the sand box, and making jellyfish out of paper bowls and curl ribbon. All the while there was loads of sea-themed, kid-friendly food and the soundtrack to <i>The Little Mermaid</i> playing in the background.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The "cake" involved individual frozen dough in a cupcake form with cotton candy ice cream in the middle and a whale tail made of white chocolate coming out of the ice cream. I wish I had taken a picture of that!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As we left, Cora was invited to raid the "treasure chest" and pick a few things to go in her individual treasure box.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday it was 87 degrees at my house! It has never been that hot since we moved here. Inland a little ways, yes, but not right where we live.</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-84408782701835894682012-09-22T20:47:00.000-07:002012-09-22T20:57:35.832-07:00Fun At The Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My meetup group got together at the park a while ago, and I finally took some pictures. I A.D.O.R.E. these ladies and kiddos.</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-43985383002751080692012-08-26T21:19:00.001-07:002012-09-22T20:48:11.363-07:00Church Mentor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our church has a women's mentoring program that I signed up for a few months ago. My mentor's name is Diane, and she is wonderful. We have been able to get to know one another over tea and a study in the book of Matthew.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our most recent get together included Diane's granddaughter, Amanda, as well. She helped watch Cora while we studied. Diane is always giving Cora cute little things, the latest being a board book about sea animals.</span><br />
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Bonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14151347498204431828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188908378616923182.post-39414428191343310002012-08-12T21:11:00.000-07:002012-08-12T21:11:27.383-07:00Oh, iPhone Video, How I Love You - Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been having trouble uploading some of my videos to my blog; hence the multiple video posts. I think perhaps they were too large, but I have finally figured it out. Thus ends the trilogy of iPhone video (for now). Some of these are a couple minutes long and probably only grandparent material, but I wanted to include stuff that she is doing as she gets older and changes so fast.</span><div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another time we were at a different friend's house, Cora got to play with the garden hose for the first time. We live right near the coast, so it usually doesn't ever get above 70 degrees here. We really don't have the appropriate weather for an outdoor kiddy pool, so Cora doesn't get to play in water outside unless we go to a water park inland. My friend lives in a gorgeous sunbelt, and it was a beautiful, sunny, warm day when we visited. We also don't have grass in our yard, so Cora was in for a double treat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At 19 months, Cora is running everywhere. Sometimes she just runs in circles and giggles. I was trying to get that on video in this next one, but she got distracted right away and proceeded to start looking through one of her animal picture books and making the sounds for all of them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This last one is one of my favorites. Sean was laying flat on the living room floor, throwing a ball up in the air, and Cora was right beside him giggling hysterically. I started video taping right as she moved, but then I managed to catch her trying to get back into the spot she had just been in with her head directly next to his. </span></div>
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