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Five years ago (this Saturday), after 9 horrendous months of pregnancy and 25 excruciating hours of labor, I gave birth to my first baby. And I can tell you two things.

It’s been the hardest five years of my life.

And I love this beautiful boy more than I can say.

Yesterday I went to his preschool, where they had an early birthday celebration for him. All the other kids sat in a circle, with a lit candle on the floor in the middle (signifying the sun), and Teacher fastened a cape and crown on Cameron, and then he walked around the candle slowly, carrying a globe (signifying that he was the center of the universe, or something – I may have missed the exact explanation), and the kids all sang to him. Continue reading →

What Melissa Did – ATCL

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My new post over at All The Church Ladies shares about a time when fear and insecurity had such a stranglehold on me, they kept me from doing what I’d been trained for years to do, what I longed to do with all my heart.

Then, at a crucial moment in front of a thousand people, a friend pushed me out into thin air, and I found I could fly. And I was given one of the deepest joys of my life.

You can read the story by clicking here.

Into the (Not So) Deep

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Hollywood has a long and fruitful history of making disaster movies that feature large quantities of humans being wiped out by “off-planet” forces: asteroids, solar flares, aliens, and so forth. From Armageddon to Deep Impact to War of the Worlds to Independence Day, we eat this stuff up like candy.

So how many people in history have been killed by space matter or aliens?

None. (Well, there was a dog that was allegedly killed by a meteorite in Egypt in 1911. But the single eyewitness account was pretty sketchy, so the story is considered to be the Egyptian version of crop circles, or Bigfoot.)

How about people being killed by events originating from this volatile, molten planet we live on? Well, last year alone, the figure was over 250,000.

You’d think we would have examined this place a little more closely. Continue reading →

Fishing with Karen – ATCL

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My new post today over at All The Church Ladies talks about how I went fishing (well, sort of) a couple of Saturdays ago, when I was supposed to be having my “alone time,” because my fun friend Karen talked me into it.

And this tired, introverted Mommy just does not give up her alone time, usually. You can read all about it by clicking here…

Your Date With Me

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Some of you may have gotten the impression that I am not the most exciting person to hang out with, what with all the talk of running and science and books, oh my. To set the record straight, should you wish to ask me out on a “friends date,” here’s what you can expect.

(The following events may or may not have taken place with one of my girlfriends on or near Friday, October 8, 2010.)

When we finally go out, it will be after two or three cancellations, due to sick children or scheduling conflicts. I don’t really do karaoke, or clubs, or bowling, or what have you, and if you wonder about renting a DVD, I will suggest “Into Great Silence,” a documentary about monks, which contains almost no dialogue. You will quickly decide we should go for dinner and drinks, instead. Continue reading →