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Burn | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. She looked at us and her eyes filled with tears–real tears, not the crocodile variety we so often see–because the words “I’m going to pop the tangerine-sized blister on the back of your hand with a needle” are scary. Then again, what’s parenting if not that? May 29, 2015. You are aw...
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Happy Birthday, Girl | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. Happy Birthday, Girl. 8220;I can do whatever I want, because it’s my BIRTHDAY! 8221; she hollered at my second oldest as she followed him around at recess whacking him all over his back and chest. 8230;just a little bit? Today, she celebrated a birthday–adding one to her age, ...
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. And then along came Mr. Smiles, this bright shining reminder that sometimes it’s super okay to not have control over the future, because God always has our best interests in mind when He throws us curve-balls. And it turns out this normal is awesome. ...
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Mystery Underwear | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. I had no idea which of the many children who’d been in our home the underwear belonged to;. I had no concept of how it came to be sitting in a basket of family photo albums in our living room; and. But that is life right now, isn’t it? What’s that you say? You want more poo stories?
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Loveless Cookies | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. When we were preparing to foster, I thought happily of all the baking therapy that would take place in our home. My love language is baked goods (that’s the sixth love language, the book. Then our girl came, and. The crap got real. I’m tired, I’m worn. My heart is heavy. From the as...
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Blessings in Chaos | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. October 20, 2014. The Hair and the Heart →. One thought on “ Blessings in Chaos. October 20, 2014 at 2:59 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Good Friday | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. Nearly every Christmas we read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. 8220;I’m not sad. I’m so happy,” she whispered in my ear. Is there anything else to say? Christ came to save sinners. He suffered so we might be comforted, and died so we might live. The saddest moment in histor...
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Maverick | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. He also tends to have a higher level of emotion than my oldest son, period. When we were taking our PS-MAPP class in preparation to foster, they had us do an exercise they called the Imaginary Journey (clever name, yes? Because it was a journey, and it was imaginary? July 3, 2015.
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Crashing Waves | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. This is all very dramatic. I typically try not to write in the very middle of a struggle. I suppose tomorrow could dawn full of peace and good cheer. But will tomorrow dawn with her in the bed of her own home, a lifetime of familiar sights around her? July 16, 2015.
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I Know You Lie, ‘Cause Your Lips Are Moving | Elisajoyful.com
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Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Happy Birthday, Mr. Smiles. February 4, 2016. December 12, 2015. November 16, 2015. November 4, 2015. Compassion Is Not My Superpower. October 15, 2015. I Know You Lie, ‘Cause Your Lips Are Moving. Thank you, Meghan Trainor, for giving me a peppy little ditty to sing in my head so I don’t lose my mind. She was away this afternoon, at a visit with her family, and for a few hours the conversation in our house was straightforward and p...