Akathistos

I washed the floors today… and these are my daughter’s knees.
The problem: three dogs, the rain yesterday and not enough bleach to clean the floors with.
Any tips for cleaning floors OR how to keep them clean?

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I took David to the ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) doctor today, and within moments the doctor could see that David needs to have his adenoids and tonsils removed.
Surgery is scheduled for August 7th in the morning.  We go back to two weeks, and at that point we will find out everything about the surgery [...]

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Although, we did not have our second child to keep her big brother company (she was in fact “a surprise”- “surprise” number two to be exact), but this cartoon is a good depiction of my day-to-day life. David on my heels with Grace right behind him. However, more accurately, it is Grace literally [...]

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Please visit Christ is In Our Midst to read this beautiful prayer.

Dmitri Petrov’s The Prayer of an Expectant Mother (2005)

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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 [...]

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[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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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UPDATE: Emmalee passed away today.
The eleven day old daughter of a girl I went to college with really needs your prayers!
Please go to her website to read about her and please continue to pray for her and her family.
O Lord who watches over children in the present life and in the world to come because [...]

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This morning I was reading the Gospel of John when to my two year old son, David, walked up to me, pointed and said, “Mommy reading book.”  (He’s still learning how to make sentences.)  I told him that I was reading the Bible, to which he replied with awe, “Ohh, Bible.” So asked if he [...]

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