Karen on January 11th, 2012

In my mailbox this morning:
“My daughter Madison has just been diagnosed with Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return.  I’m so glad I found your story.  Please keep Madison and our family in your prayers!”
I will.  Nathan had cardiac catheterization at two, and it was determined that his PAPVR needed to be addressed surgically.  A good illustration [...]

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Karen on August 25th, 2011

Want to win a copy of Veronica Janus’s book, Abundantly More? Read this August 22nd article and post a comment.  I’ll put your name in a hat and get Nathan to draw the winner on September 5, 2011.

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Karen on August 1st, 2011

Have you lifted your kid’s backpack lately? Ugh!  When I first got my Nook, I commented to friends that I hoped schools went to eReaders one day.  My son, Nathan, had back surgery to correct Congenital Kyphosis a few years ago.  He’s doing well, but I’ve worried about the toll heavy [...]

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Karen on June 1st, 2011

I recently tried my hand at making cake pops, a delicious dessert novelty made popular by blogger Angie Dudley, aka Bakerella.  With the help of my daughter, Michelle, we knocked out about fifty of these babies in an evening.
There are hundreds of different cake pop design possibilities; we chose to make mostly Honey Bees.  The [...]

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Karen on May 29th, 2011

Nathan watched me make honey bee cake pops last night and was dying to get in on the kitchen action. I promised him I would let him try his hand at decorating cake pops today if he would let me do the bees by myself (I’m faster by myself).
I made good on my promise today [...]

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