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Meet Fathers’ Forum Online

Posted in .resources., baby, birth planner, expectant dad, Father's Club, Father's Forum Online, health informaiton, men, mom, new dad, new father, online resource, pregnancy, pregnant dads, site, spouse, the first 12 months of fatherhood, Yahoo! group on March 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I found a site that made me smile–Father’s Forum Online: The Online Resource for Expectant and New Fathers. With sections like Pregnant Dads and The first 12 months of Fatherhood, a bookstore, birth planners for the expectant dad, health and doula information, resources, and more than 1200 members of the Father’s Club, I was ecstatic! [...]

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So random

Posted in Africa, BBC, bloom where you're planted, chocolate chip cookies, common, cooking, developer, doubtful, Emma, exhausted, faith, family, food, food snob, friend, God, good intentions, greed, hopeful, library, losing a friend, marshland, ministry, moving, neighbors, niche, pitchforks, Playdate, Poisonwood Bible, proposal, questions, random, sad, sleep, slumber, storebought, Sudan, tired, transition, work on March 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Last night I went to a meeting at our public library. A developer who is proposing 103 homes on a tract of land at the top of our street invited anyone within 500 feet of the site to come ask him questions. More than 100 people attended and bombarded him with questions, statements, and verbal [...]

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Breakfast for dinner

Posted in applesauce, biscuits, breakfast for dinner, cereal, Cheerios, coupon, dinner, fruit, General Mills, less costly, meal, meat, most important meal of the day, oatmeal, pancakes, prepared foods, re-usable grocery bags, save money, thrift, Thrifty Thursday, veggie on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

L: Mom, what’s for dinner? J: Cereal L: That’s not dinner, that’s for breakfast. J: Sometimes we eat breakfast foods at dinner time. It’s fun to change it up a bit, do something different every now and then. When mommy was a little girl, Lou used to make pancakes for dinner sometimes. L: Oh, OK. [...]

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On the odious state of torpor

Posted in alarm, audience, blood pumping, body language, body position, breakfast, caffeine, creative writing, depression, dressed, eager to greet the day, Elton John, escapism, feel sorry for myself, fragile wings of slumber, groan, headache, husband, I am crazy, I can't get up, I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues, journey, lines, mommy in bed, mope, pitter-patter of little feet, postnasal drip, recovery, show, sigh, stage, straight jacket, therapy, Tylenol, Uncategorized, unmoving, waking up, yearn on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m thankful to a friend for submitting this artful piece depicting her experience with depression. Once again, I heard the pitter-patter of little feet running down the hallway. I cringed and shut my eyes tighter. My husband sighed, groaned and got up to help get them get breakfast and help get them dressed while mommy [...]

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Relaxed

Posted in comfortable, community, do that more often, encouragement, group, listening, mommy talk, nice, refreshed, relaxed, rocking chairs, sharing, togetherness on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight we just sat and rocked and talked what B called “mommy talk”. It was nice. We’ll have to do that more often.

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Monday, March 24 LAB meeting

Posted in bottles of water, chat, family illness, germs, go to bed early, hang out, how to deal, Jenna, LAB, Lee Deckrow, Life After Baby, March 24, meeting, mommy guilt, my blessing, re-schedule, read a book, rocking chairs, take a bath, time with hubby on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Lee Deckrow had to re-schedule her session on “Mommy guilt and how to deal with it” due to family illness. I appreciate her not wanting to share her germs with all of us! I’ll gather ’round the rockers and get out the bottles of water. If you want to come hang out and chat, please [...]

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Posted in Ada Bible Church, amazing event, candy, church, coloring page, don't eat too much candy, Easter basket, Easter Carol, Easter dinner, Easter dress, Easter service, Easter story for kids, Easter suit, egg hunt, eggs, empty tomb, faith, family, God, green bean casserole, ham, husband, Jesus dying on the cross, kids, meal, pineapple, pj's, Resurrection Rolls, service, sleep in, snow, time to get dressed, Veggie Tales on March 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »

My husband is uploading photos of our kids in their Easter outfits as I type this. Our church has a Saturday night service, so we decided to go to that rather than brave the mob scene that Sunday morning Easter services will afford. Tomorrow Dan has to go to work, but the kids and I [...]

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When panic attacks a close friend

Posted in advise, anxiety, can't breathe, can't make it stop, can't shut down mind, can't stop thinking, chest, coach, convincing, costly, debilitating, emergency room, encourage, ER, exhausted, faith, fake, friend, frustrating, get help, God, heart attack, heart rate, hyperventilate, I can help you breathe, I was praying, I was there, indecent, irrational explanations, it won't go away, it's not real, left arm, let's beat this thing, lists, mind, muscle through, nag, need sleep, no such thing, panic attacks, phantom pain, rapid breathing, real, remind, ruminating, scenario, symptoms, tears, this is no way to live, unfair, we can't fix it, we can't make it stop, will it strike again?, you have to fight on March 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Although I’ve sat through group many a time listening to you describe in detail the happenings of your panic attacks, I’ve never experienced them to the extent that my friend does. They are so real yet so fake. When your mind is telling you that you can’t breathe or that you are having a heart [...]

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Topsy Turvy Day

Posted in adults, American Idol, chocolate cookies, crazy interaction, dinner, divulge a surprise, down day, emotional, even-keel, friend lost job, fun news, go to bed, got kicked off, I forgot to eat, I got nothing done, leftovers, lunch, naps, netherworld, normal day, paint nails, pregnancy, sleep, slept on couch, tacos, tired, too much TV, topsy turvy day, two year olds, uncomfortable, up and down, work on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I said to Dan last night, “this has just felt like a topsy turvy day to me”. I wasn’t emotionally topsy turvy, I just felt like everything and everyone else around me was. I spent 2 hours with 8 two-year-olds and it was a bit harrowing I was having so much fun talking with adults [...]

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A crazy interaction

Posted in charts, condescending, crazy, doctor, free samples, get up and leave, guilt, health insurance, I was strong, I will not cry, I'm going to cry, interaction, mentally ill patient, not about me, odd, offended, psychiatrist, reeling, samples, short visit, should I feel guilty?, strange, switching meds, thoughts whirling, treatment, unsettled, was I out of line?, weird on March 20, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Today was my second trip to the psychiatrist. It was strange. I started off by asking how long an initial visit usually lasts, saying that I felt my previous visit was very, very short. The doctor acted quite huffy and condescending in his answer, that it’s not about the clock and not really about me, [...]

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