Four year olds are challenging and hilarious.  And luckily, cute.  My youngest son recently turned four and I’m seeing so much maturity in him lately but he still seems so young to me…didn’t he just arrive in our lives?  How is it possible that he’s about to start preschool and will be in (ack!) kindergarten [...]

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Nashville was my home for two years after I graduated college.  Prior to that, I spent five years in college in a small town that was about an hour and a half away from Nashville, so there were a lot of road trips on weekends to partake in what the big city had to offer.  [...]

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For the life of me, I will never understand why people who call themselves Christian are often the most hateful, judgmental, hypocritical people out there.  The Bible is full of examples of Christ’s love for everyone, even the worst of sinners.  The prostitutes, the corrupt, the people afflicted with leprosy…they were deemed the most unlovable [...]

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My daughter is still breastfeeding.  I am one of the few women in this country who continues to nurse past the first year. (Many women don’t make it past 6 months!)  I don’t think I’m better than you.  I don’t think it’s the right choice for everyone.  And I definitely don’t believe it is necessary.  [...]

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Like many people, I live in the south because I don’t care for cold weather.  I am content with one snowstorm a year that drops just enough snow to play in, but not enough to keep me home for more than a day or two.  And preferably, that day or two needs to come with [...]

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