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sara joanna: Filling bellies
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Friday, September 6, 2013. Come into my morning if you will. I shuffle, still haven't spoken words, into the coffee maker, the toaster, the cereal bowls, the milk. Fill the empty bellies. Anna is crawling around my feet, pulling up to my legs to be held. James is asking if I want to play Legos. Really so sweetly and with such good manners that it hurts my heart to say no. again. I sit with my breakfast, take one bite. No, no more juice. Fill your cup with water if you're still thirsty.". I see here that ...
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sara joanna: March 2013
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Monday, March 25, 2013. Sweet Anna at 5.5 Months. I know. Five and a half months is no significant milestone. But I just realized that she's almost six months old and I've dreadfully succumbed to the "second-child-doesn't-get-baby-book-filled-out" thing. Of course, she doesn't even have a baby book. and I think James' is only about a third filled out. I did keep regular milestone updates for James on here, so I better get crackin' for my girl! She has most blessedly slept through the night (7pm - 7:30am)...
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sara joanna: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Mise en place.". Pronounced [miz on plas]. A French term coined by the Culinary Institute of America meaning "everything in its place." I worked at a fine dining restaurant throughout college and saw first hand the necessity of this in a professional kitchen. I think about it every time I purge and organize our toys and books. Of course I'm not naive to think that it will stay that way for more than a few hours, but boy is it cleansing. The books and toys. Can you find my helper?
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sara joanna: August 2012
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Thursday, August 30, 2012. A lecture to myself on the topic of electronics. electronically. Don't worry. The irony hasn't escaped me. My MacBook propped on my lap (obviously - I'm typing), iPhone to my right. They're both there if I need them. Whew! If I need them. Need them. Need. Posted a link to this. Article the other day and I couldn't read past the second paragraph because it was already too close to home. The part about the "itchy feeling to check my phone and do the circuit"? Okay, so what to do?
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sara joanna: October 2014
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Saturday, October 18, 2014. My Old Lady Post. I can't believe it has been over a year since I've posted. Not that I think people have been waiting with bated breath or anything. But man, a year can sure fly by! I do want to share my story of the past year. Hopefully it can give someone encouragement if they have been sharing similar struggles. Pregnancy, oddly enough, brought relief. I felt great and we joked that I should just stay pregnant for the rest of my life. (Ha. Ha. no.) But ...The MRI and blood...
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sara joanna: Watermelon and saying hard things.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Watermelon and saying hard things. I don't like cutting up a watermelon. Or a pineapple. Or even uncooked potatoes. Twelve-year-old me, standing next to my mama chopping in the kitchen, she teaches me, "Sara, you have to have a special balance of confidence and caution when using sharp knives. Without one or the other you will. Cut yourself. Be strong but always know where your fingers are.". And with that, Ephesians 4. This is so hard for me too! January 31, 2013 at 3:59 PM.
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sara joanna: Her name.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013. This is my dear, precious, best, bosom friend, Anna. In this picture we are juniors or seniors in high school, squeezing each other in the frigid football stands of a marching band competition. She played the piccolo, I played the clarinet. And here we are with our other sister-friend, Rachel, around age 4 or 5. Anna would still rock those gold shoes and wacky hair bow today. Shamelessly. With our mamas, Anna and Carol on the right. We continued on into different colleges, but...
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sara joanna: Sweet Anna at 5.5 Months
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Monday, March 25, 2013. Sweet Anna at 5.5 Months. I know. Five and a half months is no significant milestone. But I just realized that she's almost six months old and I've dreadfully succumbed to the "second-child-doesn't-get-baby-book-filled-out" thing. Of course, she doesn't even have a baby book. and I think James' is only about a third filled out. I did keep regular milestone updates for James on here, so I better get crackin' for my girl! She has most blessedly slept through the night (7pm - 7:30am)...
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sara joanna: My Old Lady Post
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Saturday, October 18, 2014. My Old Lady Post. I can't believe it has been over a year since I've posted. Not that I think people have been waiting with bated breath or anything. But man, a year can sure fly by! I do want to share my story of the past year. Hopefully it can give someone encouragement if they have been sharing similar struggles. Pregnancy, oddly enough, brought relief. I felt great and we joked that I should just stay pregnant for the rest of my life. (Ha. Ha. no.) But ...The MRI and blood...
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sara joanna: June 2013
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Saturday, June 1, 2013. Storytelling with little ones. If you tell bedtime stories to your kids, you're making them smarter! Now we are trying our hand at some storytelling. We let James name our characters and each character is a member of our family. Jim is Bobalob the Bear, I'm Hubbly the Owl, James is Funny the Fox, and Anna is Honky the Horse. We're a blended family, obviously. She's a horse and now is stuck. Or "when Funny the Fox asks Hubbly if he can play a game on her phone.". It's in fact quite...