Karen on May 17th, 2010

Nathan made the trip to Birmingham for big brother Adam’s graduation from UAB.  For nine years old, I thought he was a pretty good sport, sitting patiently as hundreds of names were called out.  We took a few pictures–Adam decked out in a beautiful emerald green robe poses with little bro, Nathan (future grad?); Adam [...]

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Karen on May 2nd, 2010

Has your household been hit by the Silly Bandz craze? Hardly a day goes by that I’m not picking one of these rubber silhouettes off the floor or digging them out of Nathan’s pockets before throwing his pants into the washer.
The first time I saw these stretchy sensations was at the Hallmark Store at Edgewater [...]

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Karen on April 27th, 2010

A lovely surprise arrived in my mailbox yesterday. It was a book–a child’s book that I hadn’t ordered.  A quick flip-through revealed beautiful illustrations, so I sat down and began to read.
On the title page, I noticed an autograph and a mention of Nathan, so I realized the authors had run across our Nathan’s Prayer [...]

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Karen on April 26th, 2010

April 26, 2010.
We feel blessed to be enjoying Nathan’s ninth birthday today. When he gets home from school this afternoon, I’m sure he’ll be enjoying some of his new games and toys.  It’s fun to watch as interests change over the years.  Not too long ago, he liked Power Rangers and Pokemon.  Now it’s [...]

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Karen on April 21st, 2010

Every now and then I run across a remarkable congenital heart defects blog. Check out Living for Eden.  This blog tells the story of Paul Cardall, an award-winning pianist, who was born with severe congenital heart defects (Large ASD, L-Tranposed AO, Single Ventricle, Single A-V Valve, Pulmonary Atresia).
Despite a variety of surgeries during his [...]

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