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Monthly Archive for May, 2008
Prayer of An Expectant Mother
Posted in Children, Parenting, Prayer, Pregnancy on May 26th, 2008
Please visit Christ is In Our Midst to read this beautiful prayer.
Dmitri Petrov’s The Prayer of an Expectant Mother (2005)
“Feminism Has Betrayed an Entire Generation of Women”
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2008
Not Orthodox by any means, How My Mother’s Fanatical Views Tore Us Apart written by Rebecca Walker, the daughter of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, is an interesting look at the effects of feminism.
I have recently begun reading Holy Women of Russia, and would like to share highlights from each section. This book reveals the lives of five Orthodox women who served the Orthodox church in Russia.
After reading the section titled “A Historical Note”, which precedes the sections on the lives of these holy women, I [...]
I have a dear friend whose life is consumed by the guilt, grief and sorrow caused by the abortions she had at a young age. She grieves the loss of her children- on due dates, on what would have been birthdates, and in watching other children grow. She misses the milestones that her children may [...]
Yesterday Grace had pulled herself up to stand next to a book shelf and hit her mouth really hard on the edge of the shelf. She cut open her gums and we had to take her to the emergency room. After waiting for several hours, we saw the doctor and he said that she will [...]
5 Things Meme
Posted in meme on May 15th, 2008
Taken from Deb:
The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
Each player answers the questions about themselves.
At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the [...]
[Children,] run to God as to your own mother. He is good and all-knowing; He loves us as a Mother loves her own children. If you ask Him, He will surely hear you and will fulfill your request, if only it is not contrary to His holy will. He Himself said “Ask and it shall [...]
“Christ is Raisin!”
Posted in Children on May 8th, 2008
The other night our son pointed at a container of raisins and proclaimed, “Christ is Raisin!” All this time we thought he had been saying “Christ is Risen”, but I guess that it makes even more sense to him that “Christ is Raisin” because he probably doesn’t even understand what “risen” means and he [...]
Outside My Window …it is dark.
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I am thinking … about the sick little baby on my lap.
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I am thankful for … wise doctors who take care of my children
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From the kitchen … leftover beef and lamb shawarma.
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I am wearing … black: capris and shirt.
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I am creating … a place to fit the pack-n-play in our [...]
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