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  • ALS Awareness

    ALS Awareness

    I’ve recently added this little sunflower logo to my sidebar: After being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a woman named Shirley noticed that there was no symbol for ALS awareness; nothing like the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness. So she proposed the sunflower as a symbol of hope, grace, and dignity. Shirley explains: “The…

  • Weekly Report: Sukkot, Dragonflies, & Math

    Weekly Report: Sukkot, Dragonflies, & Math

    I was sick (fever, chills, most of the day in bed) on the day Kathryn had her enrichment classes, but thankfully my husband and cousin both helped out to get her to and from classes. Kathryn is a very sweet and empathetic girl when someone isn’t feeling well, so she spent that afternoon quietly working…

  • Weekly Report: Art, Aprons, Hebrew, & more!

    Lamp and Quill devotions are going well. Kathryn likes them, and they get her looking up answers in the Bible on her own, but aren’t so hard that she can’t come up with the answers herself. She’s just finished up section one, which covers Genesis 1 through 5. Kathryn has started learning Hebrew in her…

  • Homecoming Dance

    Lindsey asked me to do her and her friend Sarah’s hair and make-up for the Homecoming Dance. She has asked me to do this for every “big” event, and I’ve gladly turned our bathroom into a make-shift salon. I feel pretty special that she (and her friends!) trust me enough to do this for them!…

  • Weekly {Camera Phone} Report

    I’m completely off kilter after the past week. So my post today is nothing profound, but I’m linking up with Dawn’s Camera Phone Friday, which is always fun. 😉 I’m linking up with Kris’s Weekly Wrap-Up, too. A brief explanation: Sock Monkey (christened “Nora” by Kathryn after we made her a couple of years ago)…

  • Thumbprint Writing

    Hi. My name is Jamie, and I’m addicted to Pinterest. Ok, so I’m not really addicted — but I do adore all the fantastic ideas I’ve gleaned from Pinterest: crafty things, decorating ideas, recipes, delightful organization ideas, and more! The first few times I visited the site, I’d heard good things but didn’t really “get”…