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Blame it On...
Blame it on my husband’s travel schedule.
Blame it on my four children’s soccer, lacrosse, and softball games.
Blame it on my daughter’s passion for viola or my son’s commitment to cello.
Blame it on whatever you’d like, but my family isn’t able to sit down and eat dinner together every night of the week. But, most nights, we manage to make it happen. The kids are given heaping bowls of Cheerios or Life cereal before they run off to sports or music lessons, but when we all return home, sweaty, tired, sometimes jangly and out of sorts after too long a day, we sit down to dinner together.
(Read full blog post here, on 'Blog for Family Dinner.'
Blame it on my husband’s travel schedule.
Blame it on my four children’s soccer, lacrosse, and softball games.
Blame it on my daughter’s passion for viola or my son’s commitment to cello.
Blame it on whatever you’d like, but my family isn’t able to sit down and eat dinner together every night of the week. But, most nights, we manage to make it happen. The kids are given heaping bowls of Cheerios or Life cereal before they run off to sports or music lessons, but when we all return home, sweaty, tired, sometimes jangly and out of sorts after too long a day, we sit down to dinner together.
(Read full blog post here, on 'Blog for Family Dinner.'
Longer doctor's visits help kids, parents and doctors
"As they monitor the health and well-being of their young patients, pediatricians these days often go beyond conducting routine physical exams.Along with discussing topics such as immunizations, nutrition and allergies, pediatricians could be called on to guide children and their parents on subjects ranging from bike helmets to bullies. As trusted, knowledgeable and neutral adults in children's lives, pediatricians are in a unique position to render advice on those and other matters."
(Read full article here, at the Chicago Tribune.)
"As they monitor the health and well-being of their young patients, pediatricians these days often go beyond conducting routine physical exams.Along with discussing topics such as immunizations, nutrition and allergies, pediatricians could be called on to guide children and their parents on subjects ranging from bike helmets to bullies. As trusted, knowledgeable and neutral adults in children's lives, pediatricians are in a unique position to render advice on those and other matters."
(Read full article here, at the Chicago Tribune.)
The Nature of Love is to Expand
Amy Julia Becker’s new memoir A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny explores all of those topics, and more. But, through it all, her book demonstrates the nature of love – especially parental love – as the imperfect, hopeful, and expansive miracle that it is.
(Read full blog post here, on patheos.com.)
Amy Julia Becker’s new memoir A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny explores all of those topics, and more. But, through it all, her book demonstrates the nature of love – especially parental love – as the imperfect, hopeful, and expansive miracle that it is.
(Read full blog post here, on patheos.com.)
'Unbroken' by Jesus
Look at the word unbroken.
An uncommon word that begins with a common prefix. Un- is so familiar that its meaning is rarely considered. Those two little letters just mean “not,” don’t they?
It makes good sense, then, that Laura Hillenbrand used the prefix in the title of her new biography,Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The title pays tribute to the strength of the book’s subject, Louis Zamperini — an Olympic distance runner, war hero, and formerPOW who survived outrageous challenges, beatings, and torture with body and spirit in tact. Zamperini, in fact, is still living, at age 94 in Hollywood, California.
Read full review here, on Her.meneutics.
We Are Family! (Get Up Everybody and Sing!)
I’ve found that growing a family by adoption has an effect sort of like Jesus’ words in Matthew 12. It turns things upside-down, surprises me, and forces me to look at our human community in new ways. And I’m left with gratitude for the uncountable gifts God has showered down upon me in the process.
Read full blog post here, on Sojourner's God's Politics.
I’ve found that growing a family by adoption has an effect sort of like Jesus’ words in Matthew 12. It turns things upside-down, surprises me, and forces me to look at our human community in new ways. And I’m left with gratitude for the uncountable gifts God has showered down upon me in the process.
Read full blog post here, on Sojourner's God's Politics.
"Agency Places Children with HIV"
January 6, 2010"I vowed I would do something to make a dent in this AIDS pandemic," she said, still moved by the 2002 visit to the HIV ward, "the hottest and most inaccessible floor of the hospital."
Caregivers held the babies at arm's length, seemingly afraid to bring them close for fear of becoming infected with HIV themselves, Fleming said. The babies were set apart, their shirts marked with black letters, "HIV."
"It was like 'The Scarlet Letter,'" Fleming said. Read story here.
January 6, 2010"I vowed I would do something to make a dent in this AIDS pandemic," she said, still moved by the 2002 visit to the HIV ward, "the hottest and most inaccessible floor of the hospital."
Caregivers held the babies at arm's length, seemingly afraid to bring them close for fear of becoming infected with HIV themselves, Fleming said. The babies were set apart, their shirts marked with black letters, "HIV."
"It was like 'The Scarlet Letter,'" Fleming said. Read story here.
"The Goal: Testing for All"
June 10, 2010
Ogilvie remains committed to spreading the message that everyone should be tested, no matter what their age, sexual orientation or economic status. When an entire town or county or state gets tested, he said, the stigma associated with the test is rendered obsolete.
"When people are tested, they are leading by example. They become educated about HIV and can share information with others," Ogilvie said. "Everyone should know their status." Read story here.
June 10, 2010
Ogilvie remains committed to spreading the message that everyone should be tested, no matter what their age, sexual orientation or economic status. When an entire town or county or state gets tested, he said, the stigma associated with the test is rendered obsolete.
"When people are tested, they are leading by example. They become educated about HIV and can share information with others," Ogilvie said. "Everyone should know their status." Read story here.
