Woodstone Prairie

Thank you everyone for all the good thoughts and prayers… I just got the news that it’s benign. Whew! It’s time to go celebrate!

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My brother lives in Ireland, and hasn’t been back to the States for more than two years. He commented recently on my niece’s blog, that he’s lived overseas for so long that it’s hard for him to picture the places and people we talk about. So I thought I’d post some pictures of our house [...]

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…because life is never dull at my house. The good news is that God always has the situation well in hand, and the challenges that life throws my way are all excellent reminders of that. A month or so ago I decided to be a responsible adult and go for my yearly check-up and mammogram. [...]

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Some of you may have seen this before, I posted it on my old blog. This is one of my favorites though, and it seemeed like a good time for a repeat… Thoughts of a Mom By Maureen K. Higgins Many of you I have never even met face to face, but I’ve searched you [...]

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Since it appears as though everyone has been suitably impressed with my ability to ride very small bikes, I suppose it’s time to move on… I spent the past week putting a surprise birthday party together for dh. I ended up planning it at the last minute because I wasn’t sure when he would feel [...]

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When I was very little (maybe 4 or 5) I got a new bike. I think it was for my birthday. It might have been my fifth birthday, in which case it was probably a bribe. An attempt by my parents to win back my affections after my outrage at the birth of my next [...]

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My niece Virginia, left a comment to my last post that really struck a chord with me. She wrote that M and R “look like ‘normal’ happy children”. Which they are of course, despite both of them having significant disabilities. ~ Virginia hit right on what many people don’t understand about kids like M and [...]

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Today I am thankful for… ….the good night’s sleep I got last night. Both kids slept through the night! It was wonderful to go to bed at bedtime and not have to get up until morning. …the coolness of the morning~ giving us all a chance to feel refreshed before the heat of the day [...]

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The kids are finally asleep, the house is quiet, and it feels good to relax… really relax…the kind of relaxing I can only do when M is sound asleep. M’s been rough lately. Having DH home again has unsettled him, and he’s edgier and more volatile than usual. Luckily there are still some fairly long [...]

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The baby robins that we’ve been watching grow up (since they were nothing but a twinkle in daddy robin’s eye!) are gone. The left the nest about a week ago (sadly, one died leaving the nest). The others stayed close to the house for a couple of days. During that time they had very little [...]

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