Discipline, Studying God, Toddlers

a solid grip on depravity

Julie / February 22, 2011

One day, quite some months ago now, E  (who is two) responded to one of my reprimands with a violent, “But I don’t want to be good, I want to be BAD! I AM BAD!” Well, yes, yes you are, little one.  You don’t even know how bad you are.  Mommy’s bad, too.  It’s called sin. It’s called needing Jesus.…

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Moments

Taking things literally…

Julie / February 3, 2011

Our car shop is in walking distance, so S left after he got home, on foot, to pick up our car. This conversation promptly ensued: E: Where did Daddy go? Me: He went to get the car. E: Oh, it’s fixed already!? Me: Mmm-hmm. E: Where did Daddy go? Me: He went to pick up the car. E: He can’t…

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Pregnancy

The object of my silence.

Julie / January 4, 2011

He has finally arrived, and already the brain cells are coming back.  Unfortunately, the synaptic connections are accompanied by a great deal of busyness and a great lack of sleep, so writing is still not forthcoming.  A few more weeks, I hope. I did want to mention the Angel Food order that my menu plan will be based on for…

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