I was invited to go. In fact, we all were. And my husband and I spent a fair amount of time talking about and wrestling through the decision of me staying home this year with the younger two and new puppy. There were a handful of other variables at play, and I was 100% a part of the conversation and decision-making process. In the end, wisdom maturely said, “Not this year.”
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Sweet Like Sheet Cake
Titus was feeling some pretty big feelings and was weathering the emotional crash that typically follows big celebratory days - like birthdays or Christmas or even the 10-year anniversary party of our church that his daddy had planted……
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For the Froot Loops in My Bowl
It was a Sunday morning and I needed to be at the church by 8:15 a.m. My alarm had woken me up three hours before, and I was in the process of making chocolate milks for the road, brushing the tangles out of my daughter’s golden-brown hair, and dressing my three-year-old, Titus, in an outfit that could weather his storm.
It was in between pulling his shirt over his head and hearing the microwave chime - notifying me that his chocolate milk was warmed and ready - when Titus asked me for some cereal. Specifically Froot Loops……
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