Desperately Seeking Sanity

Welcome to my search for sanity…You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed if you’re in for the occasional laugh or moving moment. Thanks for visiting and I hope to “see” you back here soon! HeatherSometimes I look at the standards that my kids have set for themselves and wonder if they will [...]

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My children are leaving for summer camp on Sunday right after church.  In preparing (and not on the night before — PROPS for mom!) I’ve come to learn a few things…

It cost almost as much at Wal-Mart tonight in gathering items for them as it did for the actual price that I am paying to [...]

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It’s not a huge secret that every once in awhile, I like to partake in an adult beverage.  I just do.  I’m not going to lie about it.  Margaritas are my favorite, followed by Mudslides, and then, of course, I like sissy beer… (Barcardi Silver).
A 6 pack normally lasts me the whole winter, if not [...]

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I wish I could sit here and talk about how much we are enjoying summer break.  Well, I guess I could say that.  But it would be a lie.  And I’m all about keepin’ it real.
And keepin’ it real would require me to tell you that I’m about to pull my hair out, strand by [...]

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6:30am:  Wake up for the last time at some unGodly hour to get to school… at least for the summer
6:35am:  Call to Samara to wake up.  Alert her that she has 25 minutes before the bus comes.
6:40am:  Call to Samara again.  Alert her that she has 20 minutes to catch the bus.
6:45am:  Call louder to [...]

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Today, you graduate from elementary school. I have mixed emotions about this and it’s been no secret to you or the internet as I’ve prepared for this over the past year.
But what stands out in my mind the most is that I am so STINKIN’ proud of you! You’ve come a long way [...]

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I have to interrupt this spiritual movement. I have to. I don’t want to, but I have to.
What you probably don’t know is that I took another blog break this week while my testimony has been running, and oh I can’t wait to tell you how I have been blessed already just by [...]

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The science fair is done. Awards were given today and tonight, we parents can go and ooh and aah over our children’s projects, bring them home and then find a time when the kids won’t notice to trash them because they are taking up space.
(You do that too, don’t you? Surely you don’t [...]

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Perhaps I’ve mentioned this.  My son will be leaving the elementary school in 6 short weeks.
SIX WEEKS!
In six weeks I’ll be the mother of a middle school child.  A Tween.  He’ll be moving up into the youth group.  With me.
Six weeks.
I’m not old enough to be the mother to a middle school child.   I’m just [...]

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In my 11+ years of mothering my children I have made many grocery store trips. I have had my ankles run over by my children who wish to push the cart and SWEAR they won’t hit anything with it.
I’ve shushed them way too many times because they were being too loud in the store [...]

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