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three wheel kiss: A Gift from My Daughter, Age 2
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Sunday, April 12, 2015. A Gift from My Daughter, Age 2. You burst into our world like a butterfly. Stretching from your chrysalis of infancy. Into this beauty you wear. I promised myself I wouldn't contribute. To the inevitable smudging of your clear sight. And so when I see your precious face. I stand before the mirror and rejoice. I stand on the scale and celebrate. I pick out clothes with joy. Choosing to be glad in this body before you. Before you learn anything else. And your little presence. Rants ...
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three wheel kiss: Grace and my Parenting Report Card
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Friday, May 1, 2015. Grace and my Parenting Report Card. I was watching Sam play outside today, all by himself while Vava napped and Kachi played with his squeaky toys. He was painstakingly crafting mounds of dirt on top of the composter, handful by handful, arranging them just so. Volcanoes, he told me. He is so good at playing all by himself. And that got me thinking, until I realized what you all probably have known all along . We're not perfect - we need grace, and we need to know how to extend grace.
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three wheel kiss: Guest Post: How Belzoir Saved My Life
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Guest Post: How Belzoir Saved My Life. In the summer of 2009 Janelle and I had our second miscarriage. Our baby was stillborn on July 15, 2010, only eleven weeks old. Today, we would be celebrating the sixth birthday of our child. We've moved on. We've adopted a bright boy and gave birth to a lively little scrap of a girl and another happy little boy and I treasure them. Editor's note: a birthy-deathy sort of graphic. And there sat Belzoir on the counter. He was floating in ...
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three wheel kiss: Repentance: A Prayer for Sam & Vava & Kachinvya
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. Repentance: A Prayer for Sam and Vava and Kachinvya. It's no secret that one of my favourite things about parenting my own children is the chance that I get to see, in the tiniest way, a sliver of God's perspective as He loves His exasperating children - as He loves His exasperating me. When they cry in the night and need me and my feet have wings as I run to their room to take care of them, my heart curls in close to the Indwelling Spirit, who never leaves me, never forsakes me.
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three wheel kiss: February 2015
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015. The first thought that comes to mind when I think of you, though, is the night we went to see A Walk to Remember. (You introduced me to Switchfoot - thank you! Whenever I come across that movie, I always think of you and Glenda and chocolate covered caramels. (That's the best way to watch a weeper - surrounded by good friends, sharing sweet comfort food.). I'm so glad to have walked a year with you, friend. Thank you for making my life richer and gentler. And your midnight lau...
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three wheel kiss: One of Those Perfect Saturdays
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Saturday, June 6, 2015. One of Those Perfect Saturdays. We woke up to sunshine today, so decided to try taking the kids on a hike. Patrick wrangled them into their clothes while I threw a picnic together, then we swiped on some sun cream and headed out to the Cascades. It was gorgeous outside. The sun was hot and the breeze was cool and constant, keeping bugs at bay. Clouds sailed high in the sky like kites, and birds chirped from every tree. They looked for kangaroos the whole ride home. Polkadotsoup - ...
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three wheel kiss: Baskets and Lines and What the Bible Says About Caitlyn
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Baskets and Lines and What the Bible Says About Caitlyn. When I was in Zambia, I spent a week at a Mission Hospital. One evening, the hospital showed an AIDS awareness video. The audience was watching and listening attentively, when the camera panned across a river, where a man stood fishing with a basket. The crowd erupted. There were hoots of derision, tongues clucking in disapproval, people even threw things at the screen. I was baffled by the uproar. In fact, Jesus showed us ...
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three wheel kiss: Resurrection Sunday
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Monday, April 6, 2015. We didn't get to attend a single service this Easter weekend. My favourite weekend, Resurrection Sunday, the day that reverberates with freedom and gladness and life - it's the kind of weekend best spent in a crowd, singing Hallelujah. But the kids got sick and we got sick and none of our plans turned out like they were supposed to, so we spent fourteen pointless hours on the road and finally crawled into our own beds late Saturday night. I close my computer and hug my kids close.
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three wheel kiss: June 2015
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Friday, June 19, 2015. Guest Post: A Father's Day Blog. I never understood what it meant to be a child of God until I had children of my own. As a young adult, I thought of my relationship with God as a relationship between a Father and his adult son: while I saw that God was deserving of my respect, I thought we were at a comparable intellectual level. I assumed that we understood each other the same way my father and I understood each other. Consider Matthew 7.7-12. Jesus says,. For all who are led by ...
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three wheel kiss: December 2014
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Thursday, December 25, 2014. No Crib For A Bed. Emmanuel. God with us. Yes. He arrived. The baby Jesus, long awaited, much anticipated, greeted with angelsong and starlit glory, was born, and they laid Him in . a manger? But God knew exactly where He would be born. So why not have a soft cradle nearby? I think the symbol is awesome. It's said that the stables of Bethlehem were used for the keeping of temple sheep. So the manger where Jesus was laid? The Shepherd had come to feed His flock. This Christmas...
