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Tag Archives: God
Getting a Break and Other Stuff
I’m not sure if it’s the longer days, adding another medicine or making a change in my diet, but my depression is improving! The first day I felt better I cleaned my bathroom and I cleaned the cat box. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholicism, Depression, Emily, God, Jacques, Jesus, Religion, Tyler
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Tuesdays With Tyler: Losing My Religion
I am raising Tyler as a Catholic, like me. I had him christened at three months old…and that is the last time he or I have ever been in a church. For many years due to chronic illness I have … Continue reading
The Advent Calendar That Will Probably Doom Me to Hell
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 3. The first day of December is upon us! Describe an Advent calendar or a special way you count down days until Christmas (past or present). Inspired by (Classy Chaos) For years, long … Continue reading
Holding My Son’s Hand
Tonight you sleep next to me because you spilled water all over your bed. You have trouble getting to sleep because something I have read to you has scared you. It amazes me what actually scares you and what I … Continue reading
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Tagged adult holding child's hands, child, children, Emily, God, holding hands, Jesus, mommy, Mother, son, Tyler
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The School Called
Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my nap about half an hour before Tyler gets home from school. Grant was just sitting on the couch. “You better sit down”, he said. I didn’t get my disability, someone has died, are … Continue reading
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Tagged child psychologist, Consumer Advocate, disabilities, disabled, education, Emily, fine motor skills, God, Grant, gross motor skills, kindergarten, OCD, poverty, school, special education, Tourette's Syndrome, Tyler
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A “Mom Fail” Moment
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 1.) A mom fail moment. When my son was born, our cats were already considered senior citizens in the lifespan of the domesticated feline. My cats, Lizzie and Rosie, were nine-years-old and Grant’s cats, Scotty … Continue reading
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Tagged Blommer, Cats, Death, disabled mom, dying, Emily, Father, Freyja and cats and angels, God, Grandpa Joe, Grant, grief, Heaven, hypermobile, life-threatening illnesses, Lizzie, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, Mom Fail, mortality, pain, Rosie, Santa Claus, Scotty, Sick, Spanky, The Little Rascals, Tyler
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BlogHer Conference 2012: Looking Ahead and Wondering
For those uninitiated, the BlogHer conference 2011 is coming to a close. To read my devastation over not being able to go BlogHer’s past click here and here. This year I was only able to once again, watch from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, appendicitis, BlogHer'11, BlogHer'12, BlogHer. BlogHer Conference, candles, chronic conditions, chronic illness, Death, Disability, disability money, Disney Store, Disney World, dying, emergency room, Emily, Face Book, Father, God, Google+, Grant, hospital, Imagination candle, Jesus, life, Lupus, mommy, pray, prayers, praying, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Twitter, Tyler, Ulcerative Colitis, ultrasound, Vinylmation
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Tuesdays With Tyler: Gaining My Religion, at the Book Sale
(After having just a precious 2 days with my beloved laptop, there is a problem with the new hard drive they put in, so once again, I must bring it to the shop! I am writing this post on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Bible, CCD, child, children, Chronic Fatigue, chronic pain, chronica illness, Church, First Holy Communion, God, Grant, Jesus, Little Red Riding Hood, Lucy Cousins, Maisy the Mouse, mom, mommy, Mommy Blogger, Noahs Ark, Religion, The Childrens Bible, The Three Little Pigs, Tuesdays With Tyler, Tyler
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If You Really Knew Me, You Would Know That…
Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 3.) If you really knew me, you would know that… I wasn’t always the nice, average looking, sometimes unshowered, sick person I am today. If you do not want to know about my torrid … Continue reading
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Tagged "good girl", Angelina Jolie, extramarital affair, God, Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop, phone sex, seduction, sexual themes
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