Posted by Editormum on 12 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Things are busy in our household right now. Sometimes, too busy. My older son is taking confirmation classes, which means that, headache or no headache, I have to get us to church by 0930 on Sunday mornings from now until the end of May. It’s a cross I’m willing to bear, if it helps bring […]
Tags: Boy Scouts, challenges, Family Life, karate
Posted by Editormum on 10 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’ve been thinking a lot about crosses lately. I daresay that sounds a strange topic of thought — it’s C.S. Lewis’s fault. Between Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, I’m getting a lot of input about what Jesus meant when He said that each of His followers must “deny himself, take up his cross daily, […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, faith, fear, grace, Jesus, karate, pain, parenting, Philosophy, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 4 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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This post is long overdue, because I couldn’t figure out how to write it without sounding like I’m bragging. And I still haven’t really figured it out. So I’m just going to tell it as it comes out of my brain to my fingers, and ask my readers to believe that I’m really and truly […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, Education, Family Life, fear, honours, karate, Religion, respect, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 15 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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I am weird. Everyone who knows me, even on a slight basis, knows this. But my weirdness isn’t just that I dress funny and use words no one else ever heard of, and both read and proofread everything I see. My best talent is getting hurt. Only I never get hurt normally. You know, most […]
Tags: challenges, Family Life, humour, injury, karate, pain, scars, True Stories, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 4 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Back in May, I wrote in my Facebook Notes about the prayer that never fails me. I call it the “Finding Prayer.” When I have lost something and need to find it, I ask my Heavenly Father to help me. He always does. But it’s not just the “Finding Prayer” that God answers. He answers […]
Tags: Christianity, faith, Family Life, fear, grace, karate, prayer, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 23 October 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Continuing the list of lessons I learned from my recent vacation, The second lesson is: Trust your parents. Now, let me say right off that I am certain that some of my readers have parents who should not be trusted. But you’d better make mighty sure before you decide your parents are in that category. […]
Tags: boys, character, Christianity, Family Life, karate, parenting, Religion, True Stories, vacation
Posted by Editormum on 21 October 2009 in Uncategorized |
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I haven’t posted in a long time. I didn’t realise just how long, though, until I decided, on a whim, to check the site this morning. Wow! Nearly a month has gone by. And while the blog has stagnated, I certainly haven’t. (We will take a short pause so that those who know me in […]
Tags: Bataan Death March, Blanchard Springs, Boy Scouts, camping, Family Life, Florida, karate, life, martial arts, museums, National Naval Air Museum, Scouting, USS Alabama, vacation, WWII
Posted by Editormum on 29 July 2009 in Uncategorized |
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It’s funny how time works. Given one set of circumstances, time can speed past at Mach 5, so that things are over almost before you know they’re happening. Given a different set of circumstances, time can drag so slowly that you wonder if things are ever going to end. An hour in the pool with […]
Tags: Boy Scouts, camping, Family Life, karate, Philosophy, Scouting, self-defense, time, work
Posted by Editormum on 24 June 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Everybody makes a big deal about turning forty, as if somehow that number was the embodiment of bad karma or something. I don’t know. Forty is just a number. I’m turning forty this year, and I don’t feel any different. Quite frankly, I am looking forward to a new decade. I spent the last one […]
Tags: birthdays, car accident, challenges, courage, depression, disability, divorce, exercise, faith, Family Life, karate, milestones, pain, Philosophy, post-concussion syndrome, Religion, strength, stuttering, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 12 June 2009 in
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If you had told me a year ago that I would be doing sports and enjoying it … that I would find my best friends in people a decade or two younger than me … that I would be passionate about strenuous exercise … that I would begin to rediscover my self-confidence … that I […]
Tags: karate