Family
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Wreck-It Ralph
We took the boys to see Disney’s new movie, Wreck-It Ralph the other day and it was a big hit. Our boys, of course, loved it. It’s the story of a 30 year old video game in local arcade and it’s digital inhabitants. Ralph, the villain, is tired of being a bad guy and goes on…
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Dear Tooth Fairy …
Caleb lost his tooth yesterday … and then lost the tooth, which of course created some significant concern on his part. For whatever reason, he has always written letters to the tooth fairy – none of our other boys really do. Anyway, I got a particular kick out of this one!
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Awesomeness achieved!
I have a short list of dream concerts I would like to attend at some point in my life. Three to be exact; two of which are U2 and Bon Jovi. I’m sure I don’t need to explain why. The other, and perhaps longest running on my wishlist? Roxette. Of course you know who they…
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“Pebbles is trying to die”
“Pebbles is trying to die.” Not the easiest news to hear from the vet. He was right, though. After a few weeks of fighting a losing battle with some sort of bacteria, Pebbles – our pet Bearded Dragon, had to be put to sleep to end his suffering last week. We had tried medications and…
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Living in a whirlwind
http://www.facebook.com/v/575491444055 Life feels like a whirlwind at the moment. Over the eight days we will be sending 74 students and adults on mission trips to Maine, Boston and Jamaica. I can’t wait to see what God will teach us this year – videos like the one above from last year hint at the amazing things…
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Doctor’s aren’t magicians?
I was just talking with someone the other day about the subtle expectation we tend to have that given enough resources, anything can be fixed, including our health. He mentioned how we always think doctors know everything, but one his friends (a doctor) admitted he was faking it half the time. I laughed and said…
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Changing it up with Noah
So everything got changed up on our six year old, Noah last week! Sheesh … You can read some of my previous posts about Noah and his health challenges (Scleroderma and Ptosis) by clicking here. But back to the point. Basically, we got called into the doctor’s office because Noah’s latest round of blood work…
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Noah’s street cred
Today was Noah’s monthly trip to the hospital for his blood work. Because the medication he’s on for his localized scleroderma is powerful and has the potential for side effects, his blood has to be monitored. The hope when we began a year and a half ago was that there would be enough margin of safety…
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Traveling through Narnia
Part of our night time routine (on nights I’m home at bed time) is once the boys are all in bed I read to them. We’ve mostly been working our way through C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, with a detour to Alice in Wonderland the other month. We average a few nights a week, which…
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Noah sees the good
Noah, our six year old, is a trooper. He gave me a lesson in perspective today. For the last year and a half or so he has had to go to the hospital every month for bloodwork. Since the fall, he has also had to have a weekly injection at home. So today was his…