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If Mama Ain't Happy: Unveiled
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn. In two, from the top to bottom.". From being in the presence of God's holiness. That is no joke. It also seems like it would hinder intimacy with God. Thanks to Jesus we can enter freely into the presence of the Living God. For those who believe in Jesus the veil is lifted. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians: "But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the. In fact, I.
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If Mama Ain't Happy: When You Love Someone Who Makes Life Messy
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015. When You Love Someone Who Makes Life Messy. I walk into the laundry room and can tell immediately that he's been in there. The towels are more rolled than folded, the dryer is stuffed beyond capacity, and the washer is filled with clothes that are covered in suds from too much detergent. My brother has definitely been here. I hate folding towels, anyway. When you love someone who makes life messy you just learn to laugh. ( And sometimes cry in private.). Another time I left him a...
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If Mama Ain't Happy: Poised for Success
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Thursday, March 14, 2013. I want to be a good wife, you know? Sometimes, though, a trip to the store requires my husband to really stretch his abilities as the man who brings home the bacon. Recently I had a cold, which caused a cough, which put stress on my bladder, if you catch my drift. Occasionally, I send him to the feminine products. Aisle, because after having 4 children, my eyes aren't the only thing that leak. Sometimes he tells people he's shopping for his grandmother. What's up with these?
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If Mama Ain't Happy: While I Was Away...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015. While I Was Away. Over the last month our internet connection has been hit or miss and I have not posted in that time. At first it started out with busyness - I had to take this child here, and that child there. I had to be on the phone for long periods of time figuring out about doctor appointments. Then it became about perfectionism. I didn't have pictures to go with a post, or I wasn't quite happy with a post, or I just didn't feel. What I was writing. Every time we have moved...
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If Mama Ain't Happy: Dear Kids,
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. So, it's Mother's Day, and just like every year I think it was the best Mother's Day ever. I mean, you didn't make me coffee, you still fought like alley cats, and none of you helped me clean out the van, BUT, you each gave me a hug and made me feel loved, and that's all I really ever need. You remember the story of the Velveteen Rabbit that I read to you when you guys were little? The one that always. The one about the rabbit who was loved so much he became real? People, is so fun!
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If Mama Ain't Happy: 24 Hours After
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Monday, May 12, 2014. Dear Me 24 Hours After Your First Mother's Day,. It's official - you've been through your first Mother's Day! You're still trying to get a handle on it. It is. In a way that no one could have warned you about even if they could verbalize all of the intricacies wrapped up in the word "Mama". I want to you warn you, too, that there are Hard Days. Coming. There will be days when you feel that you are being lost in mothering, that who you. Sweetie, you think you don't sleep now? You are...
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If Mama Ain't Happy: New World
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Writing is how I figure everything out. I write about personal events, those stories close to my heart, because it's a way I have of processing life. It's the way I remember the good times, it's the way I get through the hard times. Much of the time I'm preaching to myself, but consider it a blessing when others glean something from where I've been. We'll find out at the end of the week if two of our other children, Laurel and Liam, also have this condition. Kenda & Tom. Shari...
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If Mama Ain't Happy: Everything I Didn't Know About Being 40
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Everything I Didn't Know About Being 40. So, I've made it into the Fabulous Forty club. It is my 40th birthday. Forty. Four decades. Forty years of living. Forty years worth of gray hair. I don't feel bad that I'm turning 40, I'm not having a hard time with the number 40 ( okay, I cried a couple of times in the laundry room, or when I was driving, or when my kids mentioned the number 40 ). And partly because 50 is the new 40. It's just that there is so much. I didn't know that ...
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If Mama Ain't Happy: Five Things
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Saturday, March 28, 2015. I'm not a big keepsake person. My family has moved so often that I find it's just more stuff to put in a box when it's time to move. There, are however, five possessions I have that mean a lot to me right now. A clerk caught us looking at the bands and kindly showed us some $300 sets. They were pretty, but still too expensive for our budget. We found the plain bands for about $50 a piece and were out of the door 15 minutes later. A drawing from a friend. I packed them away late ...
