January 2010

What a week

Matthew returns today after ten days away in the US. He is frequently away so it is not like the last week has been anything particularly out of the ordinary. Still, I am surprised that I have survived. Let’s see. What did I do? Well, I parented four naughty boys without any of us really [...]

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Be Kind

Dear children, I wanted to write you a love letter of advice. There is so much I want to tell you that it’s hard to know where to begin. I suppose the way to begin is to think, what would I tell you if I could only tell you one thing?

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Things I Want My Children To Know

I have made memory boxes for my children. I have made them, not because I am not expecting to be around to see them grow up, but in case I am not around as they grow up.

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Bloggers for Haiti – shelterboxes

I don’t know about you, but this picture makes my heart soar. These are the first shelterboxes arriving in Haiti. Bloggers for Haiti are on their way to raising the money for our seventh shelterbox. Seventh! That’s shelter and help for seventy people for many months while Haiti recovers from the devastation. Each box contains: [...]

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Bloggers for Haiti

Bloggers are getting together to raise money for the people of Haiti by raising money to buy fantastic shelterboxes like these. Please consider donating to The Bloggers for Haiti Just Giving page and help a family recover from the devastation of the earthquake.

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