you make me happy when skies are gray

By Adriel on January 20, 2012 | 10 comments
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3|52: sunshine

This week has been… interesting. I’ve had a tummy bug, which–in addition to holding me captive in my house–has left me tired, weak, and hungry. And we all know being tired, weak, and hungry leads to being irritable, impatient, and lethargic.

Not the best attributes to make for a sunny, happy mommy.

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learning how to love when you’re not your child’s “favorite”

By Adriel on January 17, 2012 | 17 comments
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Sometimes my heart aches a little when I watch Ryan and Levi playing together.

They are so close. Levi is so utterly in love with his daddy. It makes my heart melt; I really do adore it.

A woman could have no deeper desire for her husband and children than to see them enjoy such [...]

holy flippin moly. it sure was a wild ride.

By Adriel on December 30, 2011 | 12 comments

Friends, it’s been quite the year.

I celebrated my first year of motherhood. I watches as my baby morphed into a toddler. I lived through a category five cyclone and went without electricity for a week. I survived single motherhood for a month while pregnant with a toddler (yes please, hand me [...]

the baby is coming

By Adriel on December 19, 2011 | Be the first to comment

Just what does Advent mean to you?

Years ago my parents bought me a hand-carved wooden nativity scene from Bethlehem that they found on their trip to Israel. For over a decade now I’ve pulled that treasure out each year to enjoy – first as a single woman, then sharing it with my husband, and [...]

wonder

By Adriel on December 17, 2011 | 3 comments
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I was looking through my photos from our Christmas holiday in Oregon, and as I paused at this one I immediately thought of the word WONDER.

What must have been going through little Levi’s mind as he held glowing fragments of light between his fingertips?

WONDER.

And when is the last time [...]

 
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