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  • New Site

    Hi friends! Well, I have developed a website that will house my blog from here on…  this should be the last site change for my blogs for a while.   I appreciate your following my writing and the encouragement you send through emails and comments.  Please continue!  You will need to [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2009, 2:50am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • The itchy and scratchy show

    Like most parents, I am sleep deprived.  I’m not saying this to start a pity-party blog post, I have a problem and I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Each night around midnight our little Cooper sneaks his way into our bed.  He’s gotten stealthy at creeping between us and we [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 7:10pm EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Great Expectations

    Tuesday was my birthday.  It was generally uneventful, and when I tell people this many reply, “Awwww” as if it was a bad thing.  For me, uneventful days are actually quite lovely.  Most days are filled with drama and excitement.  I wouldn’t have it any other way, but I do [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 3:47pm EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Puppet Show

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    Cooper did a cool thing tonight.  He called us into the living room to watch a puppet show.  He has done them before but has always re-enacted something from a cartoon or story that we’ve read.  In his puppet show tonight it appears that he made up the plot himself.  [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 3:13am EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Mopie

    My mom was here for a visit over Christmas / New Year’s. She has a beautiful golden retriever named Opie, who did not come for a visit, but of course we talked about Opie with the kids while she was here. Sometime during the last two weeks Cooper decided he [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2009, 12:09am EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Happy New Year!

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    January 1.  A whole new year is stretched out before us.  I started the day at 5:00 am by taking my momma to the airport after a great two-week visit.  I returned from the snowy drive home to be greeted at the door by my Cooper.  He was smiling big [...]
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    Posted: January 01, 2009, 10:35am EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Cooper’s Birthday

    I do want to say that Cooper’s birthday was by far the best we’ve had yet.   Cooper had ideas in his head about how things should go (don’t we all?) and he had his party outlined in his mind.  His words were:  “Friends.  Cooper’s House.  Balloons.  Cake.  Presents.”  As long [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2008, 2:33am EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • 2 1/2 months?!

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    I am shocked and discouraged as I notice that I have not written a post in over 2 months.  Shocked because I can’t believe how very quickly the fall season flew by and now we are trudging through snow in below freezing temps.  Wow.  And we didn’t even do a [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2008, 2:21am EST
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • God’s Smile

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    As I cleaned the kitchen yesterday, doing mundane tasks I do every day, I suddenly heard my kids calling me from the back yard.  I went out to join them and Kacey points to the sky and says, “Look Mom, a rainbow!” Sure enough, there was a rainbow directly above our [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2008, 12:31am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • “Sssh! She’s coming!”

    Cooper and Ben are all about hiding these days.  They love to hide then jump out to “scare me.” Rarely is it ever a real scare, because they just aren’t too good at hiding!  They giggle… Body parts can always be seen sticking out from whatever they are hiding behind… [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2008, 12:59am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • No Math.

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    Yesterday while riding in the car Cooper says to me, “Guess what Mom?  2 + 2 equals 4.” I say, “Great!  What is 2 + 1?” He says, “No more math Mom.” That’s about the attention span I have for math too.  Ha ha ha.  Although a few minutes later he said, “Mom, [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2008, 5:13pm EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • A HAPPY birthday

    Well, another Saturday rolled around, and with it, another birthday party.  Today’s party was at a place called Safety Village.  Kids get to ride around in little pedal cars and practice real rules of the road in a little mini-course that is set up.  It was a GREAT day.  Such [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2008, 1:24am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Today was an autism day.

    Some days are autism days, some not so much.  Today was.  Cooper was invited to a birthday party at one of those indoor laser tag places.  He didn’t understand where we were going but was super excited about heading to a party.  When we walked in, I felt his tension [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2008, 1:37am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Space Chimps?

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      The power of the internet has so many good uses. In almost all cases it has become our first resource when needing to seek out information. I neglected to use this power last week and it resulted in us seeing one of the worst movies in the history of movies… [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2008, 8:14pm EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Hee-haw!

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    Wow - we have had such a great week and there is lots to write about. My dearest pal Lisa has been here for the past week with her sweet girl Kenzie and we had a jam packed week o’ fun. Kenzie is 8 years old and wanted to do [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2008, 11:56am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • The Pickle Fight of 2008

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    I don’t know why I do it to myself. Desperation and temporary insanity I suppose. I took the children to the Superstore this afternoon. Perhaps my mistake was stopping at the drug store on the way there and allowing them to each eat a chocolate bar. Or maybe it was [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2008, 1:10am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • The big blow!

    Many parents (rightfully so) mark the milestones of their children’s development.  First steps, first words, first juice box, etc.  I didn’t do such a great job tracking those things.  I know “approximately” when they each learned to walk, I have no idea of anyone’s first words - except I think [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2008, 1:20am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • My funny boy

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    Cooper told a joke yesterday.  Background:  We had to pick my husband up from work yesterday.  A friend is currently letting us use office space in his offices, and the office that Colin is in has the name “Dale” etched in the glass on the office door.  (All of the [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 2:56am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • What A Week!

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    We have had a fabulous family week.  I am so proud of Cooper I actually had to just hug him tight before bed.  Saturday - He conquered the movie theatre with Wall-E Sunday - A “carnival” at Sunday School Monday - The beach Tuesday - Water slide and pool with friends / family BBQ [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2008, 1:57am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Superwoman goes to the beach

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    Well we did something today that I wouldn’t have dreamed of doing last year. I took the three kids to the beach. All by myself. By 10 AM today it was smokin’ hot - Bennie went out for a bike ride and came back within minutes sweating like crazy. I made [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2008, 10:08pm EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Wall-E

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    There is a sound production/media technology company called THX.  In their logo they use a little robot.  Many major motion picture companies use THX technology and at the beginning of many movies you may recall seeing the letters THX really big across the screen and the little robot coming onto [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2008, 12:39am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Sniffle, Sniffle

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    I thought it appropriate to title this blog the same as the one I did about one year ago. (When Cooper finished Kindergarten)  Today my little boy completed Grade 1.  He is now a second-grader.  Sniffle, sniffle.  Here is a pic of him and his teacher.   I have no idea [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 1:40am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Blisters

    All of my childhood years were spent doing gymnastics. As with any sport, serious training brings serious havoc to your body. The different gymnastics events took their toll on different body parts. The uneven bars brought some serious damage to the palms of my hands. I had about a two-year [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 1:45am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Letting Go

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    A common give-away at parties and kids-festival-type-gatherings is the dreaded balloon.  At one point in my life I recall asking God to bring down curses on the person who invented balloons and then double cursings upon whoever thought giving balloons to children was a good idea.  Seriously.  I don’t think [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 1:48am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Barefoot

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    Today my family and I had our socks blessed right off of our feet! The BC Children’s Charities held the 2nd annual “Boat For Hope” in our town and we were invited to attend. Dozens of people donated their time, money, resources and JOY for the purpose of blessing children [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2008, 2:46am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Doin’ a fishy dance

    Tonight was a memorable night for me.  I made tilapia filets for dinner.  Nothing fancy, just boneless fish filets with a smidge of EVOO and butter.  I served them with corn, carrots and bread.  (I made rice too, but that didn’t work out so well)  My sweet Cooper, whose diet [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 12:36am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • Sittin’ on the SIDElines

    In the fall, Cooper started riding a bicycle (with training wheels).  This was super exciting and now that the weather is nice again we are back outside and he is getting braver.  He and Ben love to go to the top of our street and “Wheeeee!” down the hill.  I [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2008, 8:54pm EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • My lil VIP

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    Yesterday, as we began preparing Cooper’s backpack for school today he proudly informed me that he was scheduled to be the VIP today.  It went something like this: Cooper:  ”Cooper VIP tomorrow” Me: “Are you the VIP tomorrow?” Cooper: “Yeah.  VIP.” We had printed off some pictures from our Texas vaca from 2 weeks [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2008, 12:52am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • “You’re My Best Friend”

    We have a new game in our house called “Who’s Your Best Friend?”  It involves tickling and laughing and naming of each other as best friends.  Very fun. What is pretty cool is that Cooper has started telling me that I am his best friend at other times during the day [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2008, 2:51am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy

  • 6 Adults, 1 Boy

    Today was my end of school year meeting with Cooper’s educational support team. How cool that there are 6 adults that would gather together 4 times during the school year to discuss my little one’s progress and techniques to help him along. What a blessing! I can not stress enough as [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2008, 2:26am EDT
    by forthesakeofjoy
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