Defragmentation / Reintegration #16

What's the best way to topple a crisis off its #1 spot? Have another crisis. So... in the interest of not depressing/scaring any more people, or myself, here's something that never fails to lift me up, even just a bit. Would that all kids had such a sweet nature.

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When It Rains, It Pours

Hubby came home with chills and a fever today. And the meeting with Father on Trail Life didn't go very well. But hey....

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Defragmentation / Reintegration #12

I'll be honest. Some days, this is my song: But some days, it's this: One thing that has helped: visiting some old threads on hormonal imbalance at the 4Real Forums. Sigh.

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Defragmentation / Reintegration #6

Bad day today. All kinds of hurting bad. :'( Show Me - Audrey Assad You could plant me like a tree beside a river You could tangle me in soil and let my roots run wild And I would blossom like a flower in the desert But for now just let me cry You could raise me like...

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Defragmentation / Reintegration #5

He sits beside us in the lowest places of our lives, like water. Are we broken? He is broken with us. Are we rejected? Do people despise us not for our evil but for our good, or attempted good? He was "despised and rejected by men." Do we weep? Is grief our familiar...

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Burden Or Gift?  The Audacity of Trust

Burden Or Gift? The Audacity of Trust

This is a repost of my Filipinos for Life blogging event entry for August. Thanks to DBoncan for hosting my post when I couldn't get into my blog. 🙂 There was a time in Philippine history when the words "sa awa ng Diyos" could come out of anyone's mouth at any given...

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Shakespeare!

Shakespeare!

A lot of our plans for Shakespeare for Yena (7th grade) come from the Spring 2009 issue of Mater et Magistra, which includes excellent material from fellow homeschooling moms, and even a special Shakespearean tea from Alice Gunther, so I won't be posting those here....

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Homosexuality and Real Solutions

Homosexuality and Real Solutions

In Part 1, I talked about the band-aid solutions offered by popular culture being inadequate to address the prevention of same-sex attraction/homosexuality itself. Speaking to those causes listed by the Catholic Medical Association, I'd like to make the following...

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