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Me and My Family

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Self Portrait by the boys using self-timer
Self Portrait by the boys using self-timer

I am an energetic, fun-loving, fitness enthusiast who happens to be a wife and mom of four sons. Surprisingly, I am still sane...mostly.

You will find me blogging at Slurping Life and Wrapped Emotions.


My family and I enjoy the great outdoors. We have recently moved back to suburbia which is quite a change from our mountain life for the past five years. The boys have certainly adjusted well and learned to "work" the neighborhood. Me...oh my gosh....easy access shopping again! We're doing great.

I am married to my high school sweetheart who truly is the man of my dreams.

Our 26 year old son is a talented artist and an all around good guy. He no longers lives at home...I miss him...but we are now back in the city near him.

Our three younger sons are adorable, lovable, intelligent, fun and ALL BOY. They are gifted with special purposes...my 12 year old lives with Bipolar Disorder and ADHD; my 10 year old lives with Asperger's Syndrome/Asthma-allergies; and my 9 year old lives with Cerebral Palsy/PDD NOS. I use the term special purposes because special needs indicates taking and they definitely give.

Our oldest son was born of my body. Our three younger sons were born of my heart. Just as our biological son, our younger sons were our children from the moment of their conception. God made them for us, there is no doubt, and we searched really hard to find them and bring them home.

I am an advocate for abused children, children with special purposes and the precious gift of adoption.

I am recently enthused about digital photography and am in the learning process. I love to learn and do so with a passion that has yet to fail me. My photoblog is under construction, gee, it's been under construction for a really ...


Advice

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Part VI...We Like to Move It....Lesson Plan of Activities Week 2February 2007 (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try)
Please Tell Me Our StoryFebruary 2007 (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend)
Boys and Potty Mouth...Save Your Breath...Here's My SolutionFebruary 2007 (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try) (Worth a try)
Do You Have A Bored Tween? Here's a SuggestionFebruary 2007 (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend)
Stress Relief Requires Taking Care of YourselfFebruary 2007 (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend) (Highly recommend)

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Blog

09
Oct

Boy to Your Left

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This post is from from my other blog here

-1-14

Appearances

You appear in

This world

Like a seed

Taking in the

Experiences

Of the material

Body

Which you later

Have to present

To the world

As a certificate

Of worth

But nobody

Knows the 

Certificate of the

Soul

The muscle of

The soul

Whether

Weak or strong

Has to swim

And nobody

Knows

How easy or hard

It is for you

And in your best

You are judged

And pushed

And ripped

Forgetting

How difficult

Or easy

It is for this person

In the soul

Of experiences

Not in the appearances

~~Moeze Lalji



05
Oct

Living Under Water

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This post is from from my other blog here

-1-42

I’m living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there’s a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air and sound and time and feeling are thick and dense.

~~Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife

~~~

needing to journal

yet having no words

i borrow words

~~~

I am reading your comments and emails.

"thank you"

05
Oct

Living Under Water

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This post is from from my other blog here

-1-42

I’m living under water. Everything seems slow and far away. I know there’s a world up there, a sunlit quick world where time runs like dry sand through an hourglass, but down here, where I am, air and sound and time and feeling are thick and dense.

~~Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife

~~~

needing to journal

yet having no words

i borrow words

~~~

I am reading your comments and emails.

"thank you"

05
Oct

Boy to Your Left

Comment Published at 19:5619:560 comments0 comments0 Visits0 VisitsReport
This post is from from my other blog here

-1-14

Appearances

You appear in

This world

Like a seed

Taking in the

Experiences

Of the material

Body

Which you later

Have to present

To the world

As a certificate

Of worth

But nobody

Knows the 

Certificate of the

Soul

The muscle of

The soul

Whether

Weak or strong

Has to swim

And nobody

Knows

How easy or hard

It is for you

And in your best

You are judged

And pushed

And ripped

Forgetting

How difficult

Or easy

It is for this person

In the soul

Of experiences

Not in the appearances

~~Moeze Lalji


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