PipSqueak’s birthday is at the end of August, so she’s on the cut-off line for what year she will start school. Some parents prefer to hold their child back a year, so they are not the youngest kid in their class. Being the oldest, and therefore biggest, kid in the class will give any child …
In January, our YWAM Bend team was blessed with a 3-day stay at a friend’s cabin. In less than a year, the six of us had gone from sharing a house, to living 45 minutes apart and having no team meetings for over 3 months. During our Retreat weekend, Duane led us through “The Best Year …
Our new neighbors have a little boy a couple days younger than Lioness. The first time they saw Lioness drinking her bottle, the mom said, “look at you go girl, drinking your bottle like a champ! Lucky Mama! My son still won’t take a bottle and nurses all night long.” It is the first time …
I wanted it to be just our family the first time we unlocked the front door to our very own home. Saturday would be crazy busy as several friends were helping us move into our new house. But Friday night we had a small window of time between Duane getting home from work and before …
Most mornings, I hid in my room, feeding the baby. While listening to Duane eat breakfast with Monkey. Her crankiness in the mornings, made me want to stay in my room for as long as possible. The tantrum of all tantrums happened early one morning in November. While Monkey was on antibiotics for an ear …
I had bitter-sweet reminiscent feelings as I unpacked in our room at the Ronald McDonald House on Sunday evening. So many great memories were made here, while waiting for baby Lioness to be born. Along with the feeling of being trapped, wanting to go home, but not allowed to leave. Incredibly thankful for a place …
When was I first attracted to Duane? Was our walk in the woods with Josiah discussing the upcoming school we were running? Or the hike to the cross with some friends? Was it when I bought beads at Portland’s hippie market and Duane helped put them in my dreads? Or when a kid from NYC gave me …
Some people say raising a child cost a bajillion dollars. It doesn’t have to, if you use cloth diapers, wear hand-me-downs, and exclusively breastfeed. But it all changes when “breastfeeding” actually means pumping milk 6-8 times a day and bottle feeding the baby. In the past few months, I have bought never ending amounts of breastpump …
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Scenario #1 It’s morning, the baby is “squiging” (wiggling and sucking her fingers), and I need to make milk. Monkey is awake and eating breakfast with Dada. Should I: A) Go out to the kitchen to warm a bottle for the baby, so I can feed her in the bedroom while making milk. Monkey will …
Recently a sweet little boy asked, “why does her face look funny?” I knew soon enough someone would ask, but I hadn’t thought about what I would say. I fumbled something about missing cheek bones, just like her Daddy, and called my husband over to show his fake ears to the boy. The boys was, as …
