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What Pediatricians Wish We Knew

What Pediatricians Wish We Knew

I can remember the wallpaper. It was filled with blue, white, and gray clouds. The potty was so high off the ground I felt like I was in the clouds – in the most terrifying of ways. There were red airplanes flown by chubby brown bears. The sink was higher than a radio tower on…

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Tracking February

Tracking February

If I was to give the month of February one descriptive word it would be “perseverance”. It’s not that the month was difficult per se in the sense that anything very serious was taking place, nor tragic, nor overly impressive of a project. Simply, it was just a month challenging my ability to stay on…

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Lasagna

Lasagna

The history of lasagna isn’t very interesting, believe me, I Googled it. But the satisfaction of eating it is well worth the effort. I have met lasagnas I have really enjoyed and some that, well, shouldn’t have been called lasagna because of the contents thrown between those wide ribbons of smooth pasta. Really, it is…

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Letting Off Steam

Letting Off Steam

A week flies by and I think back of what has been accomplished. Its a plethora of madness with a baby sprouting her first tooth, a toddler truly becoming a boy, me finding myself in new responsibilities at work and Chris being there to support us through it all. We are growing here and this…

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Take Heart

Take Heart

In my teenage years, between the stars plastered to my ceiling, I wrote verses with a Sharpie marker. They brought me direction when I was given options to take. My favorite verse, that still sticks strongly with me today, is: O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you since my childhood. Psalms 71:5