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Falling In Love All Over Again

There are definitely times I look at my nearly-grown children and wonder how on earth they got to be the people they are evolving into. It seems parenting is a constant movement through phases and cycles and changes (much like life in general.) I change and evolve, and they each change and evolve. And, while there is pain and grieving that often comes with these various stages, there is also the opportunity to fall in love with each of my children over and over again. The other night, I was visiting with an old friend and my eldest, seventeen-year-old daughter … Continue reading →

Falling in Love with your Real Child

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Often as parents we have unrealistic expectations for our kids. Our child is born, and we dream an imaginary future for him or her. “My son is going to be a golf pro,” “My daughter will win beauty pageants,” or “My boy will be valedictorian and get a scholarship to MIT.” Even simple dreams like, “My daughter will look like me,” or “I’ll teach my son to play baseball,” might not become reality. And this can be hard to deal with at first. Eventually, nearly all parents come to realize that their child isn’t exactly what they expected. Especially in … Continue reading →

Help Falling Asleep

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As I was helping my son fall asleep, I was thinking about the potential problems that I am created by actually helping him fall asleep. So many of the other moms of young boys that I know do no such thing as laying down in their son’s bed to help him fall asleep (I must be crazy). A small part of me wishes that I could get my son to just go to sleep on his own without being scared. Perhaps this is a behavior that I can teach my two year old, but as I lay next to my … Continue reading →

Scrapping the Love

A few years ago I joined the Confraternity of Christian Mothers… and I’ve never felt more inadequate about parenting. Kidding. Sort of. Not really. The women in the group are saints and I am a better person for knowing them. Executing the same patience and humility as they do, well, let’s just say I’m a work in progress. Despite the fact that the group’s name centers on the blessing of motherhood, we also discuss marriage and the sanctity of the sacrament. During a recent get-together a few of the younger moms shared their wedding scrapbooks, many of which included incredibly … Continue reading →

Turn Love Song Lyrics into Lovely Layouts

I can’t get Katy Perry’s “Firework” out of my head. The song was blaring from the speakers at the gas station while I was filling up, and now all I can think of is: Cause baby you’re a firework Come on show ’em what you’re worth Make ’em go “Oh, oh, oh!” As you shoot across the sky-y-y Ugh! I tried to purge the song from my mind by calling my friend in Texas. Unfortunately, all she did was replace “Firework” with “Cowboy Take Me Away” by The Dixie Chicks. Great! Interestingly, they are both love songs whose lyrics could … Continue reading →

Preschoolers Love to Grow

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Have you ever let your child grow something in a cup? This can be a fun experience for both you and your preschooler. Last week, my daughter had “Alaska Week” in her little preschool. They learned about all things Alaska related. One of the things they learned was about the state flower, the forget me not. She came home with a little cup of dirt and was very excited to show me what she had. She made sure to tell me that she had to put it somewhere very sunny, and give it plenty of water. I have to admit, … Continue reading →

Lasting Love

Did you notice recently when I posted the article about the seven Fs I read about, that you need in a marriage the first one mentioned was friendship? That struck me at the time. The thing you might expect would be love. But no, it was friendship and food for thought. The trouble is love today has come to mean many other things. People talk about ‘falling in love’ when often it is a physical attraction or it’s tied up with lust and the sexual appeal of the other person. It’s how they feel when they are with them. We’ve … Continue reading →

Staying in Love

Falling in love is easy. ‘Staying in love, creating a love that last, is the tough part.’ These were words a mother said to her son who was soon to be married. I read them this week in a novel by Marie Bostwick, called A Thread So Thin. Just because it is a novel the words came from doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of truth in them. In fact a lot of the advice about love and marriage handed out in this novel rings true. You suspect many of them came from actual conversations. I’d be interested to ask … Continue reading →

Sleep, My Love

Lullaby, and good night…. Sleep tight… Rock a bye baby…. Long before I had a child, I was fascinated by lullabies and nursery rhymes. Perhaps it’s the English major in me coming out, or perhaps it’s my twisted sense of humor. So many children’s rhymes and songs have a macabre sort of bent to them. The cradle will drop? Yikes! My mother in law learned this the hard way. She used to sing rollicking English folk songs to get my daughter to nap when she was babysitting. One day as she was falling asleep, my daughter began to softly sing … Continue reading →

Weight Loss Love

Probably the best weight loss plan known to humankind is falling in love. You know that giddy, dreamy, floating on clouds kind of feeling that makes us do things that we might not have even considered doing before. We not only have that feeling, but the feeling of wanting to look more attractive to our new love. We tend to become more self-conscious when we are in love of every little fat spot on our bodies. If you are in love and this describes you then work with it. It is a hidden blessing in disguise. Go with the flow … Continue reading →