Akathistos

This weekend has been up and down.  She has only nursed twice today (in the morning- but not much).  Yesterday she nursed a few times.  And Friday, she nursed the most.
Not quite sure what is going on right now, but I’m still trying…

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Grace just nursed- on both sides.
She started fussing and crying, “Mamom! Mamom!”  I had a feeling that she wanted to nurse, so I tried and she did!  When we switched sides, she got a little upset, but then she calmed down and nursed some more.  And now she is perfectly content- it was exactly what [...]

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Rebecca was wondering if “the strike is still on”, and it most definitely is.
I’ve given up trying now and my milk supply has diminished rapidly (almost too rapidly- it makes me wonder how much I even had before she quit); so there is not much hope for us at this point.  If Grace were much [...]

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Grace woke up this morning and decided NOT to nurse at all!
Before today, she was nursing about 5 times a day; sometimes more.  I am shocked!  And a little bummed.  We couldn’t make it to your 1st birthday?  It is less than a month away.
David weaned himself right after I was pregnant with Grace [...]

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For my birthday this year (which, incidentally, fell on Palm Sunday), my wonderful husband commissioned a friend to write on icon of my patron saint,St. Melania the Younger.

I thought I had already posted a photo of my icon, but I had not.
What do you think? My husband is the best!

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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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[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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Child’s Prayer Heavenly Father, bless my parents and all those who love and care for me. Help me in all ways to be respectful and obedient to them according to Your will. Send down upon me Your grace to perform all my duties carefully and faithfully, to avoid unacceptable company and influence and to [...]

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