Author: Jamie
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Weekly Report: Fall Leaves & Auto Repairs
The weather finally feels like fall, and that makes me HAPPY. Not having to be closely attached to my nebulizer for asthma (after the past two weeks of a wicked asthma-cough) makes me happy, too! One reason I love fall: my gorgeous red maple tree! The water pump busted on my car this week, so…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!…