Posted in Reflections, tagged allowance, children, family, kids, mom, parenting on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When the girls were younger, say 4 or 5, we gave them an allowance of 75¢ a week. 25¢ for spending, 25¢ to save and 25¢ for church offering. Now that they are nearly 10, we’ve increased it to $3 per week, with the same principle — $1 for spending, $1 to save and $1 for [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged kids, parenting, family, children, mom, reproductive organs, appendicitis on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Thursday afternoon found me in the emergency room with Rachel, who had been having severe abdominal pain all morning, and was suspected to be suffering from appendicitis (it all turned out fine). She had a series of tests including blood work, a CT scan, an x-ray and an ultrasound.
The latter proved to be a [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged adoration, boy, epilepsy, expectations, family, parenting, seizures, twins on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I held Cody for the first time, the love I felt for this scrawny, red baby, whose massive head took up the majority of the 7 lbs., 8 oz., he weighed, staggered me. I didn’t know love could come so sharply, complete rapture at its heels. I took him home and spent long minutes staring [...]
Posted in Reflections, tagged boy, epilepsy, family, parenting, seizures, twins on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I sit on the couch with him, listening to his deep, yet still babyish voice retelling the story I just read him. He skips whole sentences and paragraphs, but he knows the gist of the story, even reciting some complete phrases with that pronounced lisp he has. I look at the top of his head, [...]
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