Determination

You know those motivational posters providing a picture and definition for motivational words such as the one in the title? 
Here’s a mental picture for you:
Lock on the pantry door.
Teenage son so obsessed with sugar that he’s taken to eating handfuls of gummy vitamins in order to get his sugar fix.
Vitamins are now locked up too.
So [...]

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Thanks and Giving

Life has been rough the last year.  Real rough.  I’m not even going to pretend it has been easy!  Life with Dwight has been SO HARD.   He has really been struggling and there are days I think that he’s pushed me past my limits.  Maybe that’s why I finally got him enrolled in some counseling!
I’ve [...]

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If you have boys…

get ready.  This is the kind of stuff they’ll do!
See how the door is sticking out more on top than on bottom?  That’s because Dwight and Patrick pulled the door off its hinges.  Yup.  Dwight thought it would be funny to shut the laundry room door on Patrick while he was in there, so Patrick [...]

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Dwight Doesn’t Get It

You’d think by now I’d be used to it.  I mean, it happens about every other week.  (Read my post: The Death of Me and you’ll understand what I’m talking about!)  But I still get worked up when Dwight pulls his stunts.  Like yesterday.

I got a real thrill out of Dwight’s little explanation as to why [...]

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Hidden Notes

Joshua came home from school Wednesday and said, “Mom?  I have lots of friends who bring their lunch to school, and their moms write them notes because they really miss them!”  He looked like he was about to tear up.  Enter mommy guilt!
“Joshua, do you want me to make your lunch for tomorrow?”  I asked. 
“Yes!”  He replied.
So [...]

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Can You Solve This Problem?

A bus company requires a tune up every 3,000 miles.  Bus number 10 travels from Louisville, KY to Dallas, TX, a distance of 243 miles.  After 62 round trips, how many tune ups has bus number 10 had?
According to Patrick, all you have to do is take the number 21, divide it by 3, and then [...]

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Need To Know

Ladies,
I have a question for those of you who are done having babies.  How did you know you were done?  Did you feel your family was complete?  Did you ever have moments where you were unsure? 
I feel I am being pulled back and forth on this one.  I do NOT feel that we are complete [...]

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Colds and Weeds

UGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
That’s the sound that has been uttered a LOT in my house this week.  Mostly by my now 2-year-old daughter, but she had to pick it up from someone, right?  This week our house has been filled with snotty noses, messy sneezes, and sleepless nights due to non-stop coughing and sore throats.  It hit Madison and [...]

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The Call

Friday night Dwight popped the question.  It was the question we figured he’d ask eventually, but of course, how can you ever be truly prepared for it when it happens?  “Can I call my grandma?”  He really wants to reconnect with the family he left behind when he was four years old.  Of course, he [...]

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Expressions

I had to get up and take one of our dogs to the vet yesterday morning and had Dwight ride with me so he could stay in the car with the two littlest ones while I dropped the dog off inside.  I’m sure I’ve made a point to share that I am not a morning [...]

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