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Archive for December, 2008

Loss

Posted in family life, health, miscarriage, prayer requests, pregnancy on December 30, 2008 | 30 Comments »

It is with a heavy heart that I post today. Our sweet baby’s heart is no longer beating, and I am miscarrying.
Spotting resumed on Christmas Day, and turned into bleeding on Sunday. Yesterday I went to an ER in the upper peninsula (we were at Cedar Campus) and the worst was confirmed. I would have [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Celebrations are in full swing here. Baby Jesus has been born and placed in his manger, both on the advent calendar and in the nativity scene. Gifts have been opened and are now being enjoyed. Meal preparations are humming along.
As we savor the celebration of Christ’s birth, we also have good news to share about [...]

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Survival, Update (10 weeks, 3 days)

Posted in family life, health, prayer requests, pregnancy on December 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I am so touched by all your warm thoughts and prayers after my recent post. I feel very loved during a difficult time, especially considering our lack of significant local community. (Still have not joined a church.)
Just as a quick update – I am still spotting. It has not lessened or worsened; it is simply [...]

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Survival

Posted in blessings, family life, health, pregnancy on December 17, 2008 | 29 Comments »

“Most likely, the pregnancy is not viable. I’m sorry.” The words came through the earpiece of the phone, but I couldn’t believe I was hearing them. My heart sank. My eyes stung with sudden tears.
It was Tuesday morning (12/16/08). I had been experiencing some light bleeding for five days, since Friday morning. There was minimal [...]

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Rats

Posted in general, homekeeping on December 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Our new front loader (Bosch 500 Plus) is broken. The clothes and water are locked in there, and the machine won’t drain it or let me get in. It keeps telling me “E:13,” very impatiently, and I can’t seem to communicate how very much I’d like to know what that means. At least it’s stopped [...]

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Why I’ve Been So Tired

Posted in blessings, family life, pregnancy on December 7, 2008 | 31 Comments »

Proof positive:

(You can’t see very well in the picture, but all three are positive.)
How we told the girls:

(Jason said to the them, “I want to draw a picture for you.” They sat down excitedly to watch him. He drew this picture of our family of five first, no baby. They loved watching the people form [...]

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Update-y

Posted in church, family life, frugal living, green living, health, heat on December 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »

So, as my sister so kindly commented ;o), I’ve been poor about posting lately. Sorry. I have lots of good reasons, some of which you know, and some of which you will hear about in the days to come. Basically, life is full, and I am mostly pleased with that. It just leaves me exhausted [...]

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