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May 12, 2008

Please, Send Troops! Send Money!

Some days I feel like General Petraeus, overseeing wartime ops and issuing daily reports to the Commander in Chief when he comes home from the office. Commander: “How were things

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May 09, 2008

Would I leave fingerprints if I strangled a kid?

I was doing my usual Friday morning thing, sitting up at the coffee shop. I was there to write, but the senior had stopped in after early-morning prayer breakfast to

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May 07, 2008

Spring rapture and – weapons checks?

One of the boys took his bike and the other one took his Ripstik. The laws of human nature decree that you always want what you don’t have, so those

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May 05, 2008

There’s No Vaccine For This Virus

His viral illness has manifested itself with symptoms of a general lack of interest in all things academic (homework in particular) with his job, his friends, and track taking priority.

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Apr 30, 2008

And the citizens are speaking

A former babysitter of mine originally from Kansas (she lived right up the road from us, but now lives in Shipshewana) emailed me saying she felt I should run as

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Apr 28, 2008

That’s My Platform, and I’m Sticking To It

Some of the extended family have begun shrewdly calculating the advantages that would be theirs if a relative was in the Oval Office. They’re already picturing themselves in the Lincoln

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Apr 25, 2008

The Taste of Spring

But oh, my. I was so good. And I must admit to feeling rather virtuous, having gotten in my full quota (and then some) of lines, hiking the 3rd grader

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Apr 22, 2008

My goofy boys

Kieran: “We’re the ones behind all the work and we’re not getting any credit for it!” (Laughing as he says this.) Me to their father: “I give them ALL the

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Apr 21, 2008

It’s a Monumental Thing

As parents, we walk through each step of this perilous and exciting journey with our children, guiding, loving, and advising. What follows is the account of exactly that part of

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Apr 14, 2008

I Think a Mother of Boys Could Straighten Out This Mess

Being a bonafide news junkie since the age of six, I have been watching the presidential race unfold with great interest. It has arguably been the most divisive and spirited

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