How to hold your baby when you need both hands for taking a picture: (Totally stolen from 22 Words because it made me snort out loud.)

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The other night, Charlie and I were sitting out on the deck. Dinner was finished and the kids were doing the dishes. So we were just chillaxing. But after we’d been there 4-5 minutes, things started falling on us. At first I thought it was rain, because it was SUPPOSED to rain all day but [...]

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LC, Hannah and I were driving home from their Wednesday night middle school worship time, when we started talking about childbirth. (Doesn’t every family talk about that in the car?) “Mom, did you have any of us the regular way?” asked Hannah. Me: No, you were all C-sections. LC: You tried to get ME out [...]

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I’m sitting in my office, looking out the front window on a dreary day. The sky is white with the cloud cover, and I’m just a little chilled. Thinking of putting on some socks. Suddenly, the other reason I’m considering socks scurries across the floor. It’s rather big bug. We have a lot more bugs [...]

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The sun is shining and a gentle breeze is blowing. The temperature is in the low 80s. I’m sitting outside on my shady back deck, gazing at the lake and reveling in the perfection of this day. I can’t believe I get to enjoy this. I wonder why I’m surprised. And then I remember… POLLEN. [...]

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So last week Charlie and I were at a conference, spending our days in seminars and our evenings at receptions at John Maxwell’s house. Really great teaching and interaction with conference attenders, but kind of exhausting. At the final reception on Sunday we were all a little punchy, so it wasn’t really a big surprise [...]

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Dear Pinterest, I want to thank you for being you. For being there for me when I need a shot of creativity. Your funny sayings and beautiful gardens amuse and enlighten me. I’ve wasted many an hour browsing furniture arrangements and drooling over desserts. I’m inspired by much of your varied content. But I feel [...]

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When I saw this post title on Bit Rebels, I assumed it was going to be about how difficult women are to live with or some such nonsense. So I was glad to see that the photo collection that follows told the REAL truth about why guys die sooner: because they do some stupid stuff. [...]

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Last week it finally arrived! You might remember that Charlie and I had the chance to travel to Greece and Turkey this past June. Well, when we were in Istanbul, we decided to buy a souvenir. We could’ve gotten a coffee cup, like we always do when we travel. In fact, we did get a [...]

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