This coming week (September 30) you will be gathering in your small groups to discuss Chapter One of the Mommy Diaries. It was a fun chapter full of heartwarming and humorous stories about motherhood. Just tuck the book in your purse and take it along as you run your errands. (Erika may have to take a few picture frames and unmentionables out in order to make space in her purse, right?) When you have a few moments between doctor's appointments or while the little ones are sleeping in their carseats, read a story or two. Even if you don't finish your chapter, please come next week. Your small group still wants to see you! Next week (October 7) we will be having a special guest speaker. Penelope Youngfeather from Lifetime Eyecare in Eugene will be sharing with us about how our kid's vision can affect their learning abilities. Many of these vision problems go undiagnosed, but show up as reading struggles and behavior issues in school. Penelope will tell us the signs and symptoms to watch for and what can be done to help.
We've also received an update on our friend Deanna Pitcher. If you remember, she was a guest speaker at the beginning of last year and really connected with our group. We were saddened to learn of her cancer diagnosis and have been praying for her. Even though the situation seemed grim just a few months ago, Deanna reports that her recent CT was great and that she is now cancer-free! Her doctor said that "Chemo and God did their thing." Isn't that an amazing praise report? Thanks to Erika David for passing along that information.
Have a great week, everyone! I know I will... See you soon!
Karen
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A Mother's Dictionary
• Bottle feeding: An opportunity for Daddy to get up at 2 am too.
• Defense: What you'd better have around de yard if you're going to let the children play outside.
• Drooling: How teething babies wash their chins.
• Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
• Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster
• Feedback: The inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.
• Full name: What you call your child when you're mad at him.
• Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.
• Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
• Impregnable: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
• Independent: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.
• Look out: What it's too late for your child to do by the time you scream it.
• Prenatal: When your life was still somewhat your own.
• Prepared childbirth: A contradiction in terms.
• Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
• Show off: A child who is more talented than yours.
• Sterilize: What you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
• Storeroom: The distance required between the supermarket aisles so that children in shopping carts can't quite reach anything.
• Temper tantrums: What you should keep to a minimum so as to not upset the children.
• Top bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.
• Two-minute warning: When the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.
• Verbal: Able to whine in words
• Whodunit: None of the kids that live in your house.
• Whoops: An exclamation that translates roughly into "get a sponge."
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