I need to write a birth story, but at 12:30 a.m. Ayla decided to make her entrance into the world :) 8lb 4oz, 20" long and born at the birth center! She is beautiful and perfect and we couldn't want anything else. Yay!!!

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So, I have always been one of these people who feels like I "should" do things. One of the things I feel like I "should" do is have this quiet, centering morning prayer time when I wake up. I feel like I should be setting an alarm and bounding out of bed as the first rays of sun peek through the (tightly closed) blinds and white curtains in our ( Read more... )

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but
of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. --Washington Irving

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Some things Avé has said trying to sort through this in her 3 year old mind ( Read more... )

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"There must be a real giving up of the self. . . .As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about, you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self . . . will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him. . . . The ( Read more... )

Angelina is sleeping next to me in the boppy and my mom and sister took Avé & Matthew to My Gym, so I'm going to attempt to write her birth story. I will warn you, it is epically long!

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