No ‘Poo Update

I haven’t updated on my shampoo-free experimentation. But I got a question via email recently, so thought I’d do a quick update.
I’m back to using an organic shampoo and natural-ish conditioner. I only use a teaspoon or so of the shampoo, and just on my roots, every other day . I had to take a [...]

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Sick. In July.

Who gets sick in July? We do, folks. Asher’s been coughing at night for months. Last week, it turned into a full-fledged cold. But now he’s back to coughing only at night again. He seems no worse for the wear.
Maya had a tummy ache Sunday, then a fever Monday. She also had the sniffles. She’s [...]

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Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

I am 11 weeks, 2 days pregnant. There are only four days until the day I passed Winter in my last pregnancy, and I haven’t had a sign of spotting in many weeks. My uterus is easily palpable, and the kids and the hubs are both able to feel the “baby bag” in the mornings. [...]

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I FOUND A TICK ON MY SCALP.

Just scratching an itch, and I felt something. Pulled it out, praying the whole time that it was just dandruff or food or anything but a tick. But it was a tick. Right before bed. Ask me how thoroughly I checked the sheets and pillows. Ask me how long it took me to fall asleep.
I [...]

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Migraines

Last night I had a migraine so bad that I thought I was going to die. If you were to delete all of the hyperbole in this blog, you would still be left with that sentence. I really thought I was going to die. I nearly had Jason call 911, but I was in too [...]

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Loss

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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Survival, Update (10 weeks, 3 days)

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

“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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Update-y

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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My Dad: Update

The surgery went very well, praise God! Thank you for praying. He had a robotic surgery with five small incisions (rather than the traditional surgery with one large incision) and was able to go home the next day. There were no surprises and the surgeon said things went exactly as they should.
He’s now suffering from [...]

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