parenting
Kickin’ It for the Gant Girls
My sister, Monica, teaches PE in Galena Park. The other day she sent me an email. It was about a fundraiser she is organizing for some sweet girls. So, I open the email and read about the girls…”Samantha, three years old, was recently diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Olivia, 17 months old, was born with a [...]
resurrection
as in, resurrection of this here blog. funny how i thought that i’d have time during the summer to blog and i didn’t. oh well. we are back in school and time is flying by. i am blogging on my new laptop (actually got it a month or so ago) from the end of masamo’s [...]
Deacon & Masamo @ the museum
The blog has been quiet lately, and I wanted to share a pic and say hello. I don’t post very often, as this had turned into “Margo’s world” but the original intent was for this to be a family style blog. I’m afraid that life is moving fast and these days of preschool life will [...]
Single mom is hard
This week, from last Wednesday to this coming Wednesday, Clayton is in Florida working on his doctorate. I can not wait till I can sign everything ‘Mrs. Dr. Faulkner’. I will do that. You know i will. This is the 5th time he’s been gone to Florida in the past 4 years. Usually he goes [...]
Children in church
I had the privilege of teaching our Children’s church this morning. I am a full supporter of children worshiping in their own age appropriate environment. I know some parents like to take their kids to big church, but I have yet to hear good reasons or see it done well. For instance, at one church [...]
one in a million
deacon really is one in a million. two sundays ago at church they brought the 2/3 year olds up to sing some christmas tunes. i stayed hidden in the crowd and let his teachers try and keep him in his seat. but when they got on stage i moved closer to get some pictures. in [...]
i want to physically harm her.
tonight we went to IKEA for some church nursery stuff. while we were there deacon sat in the cart nice and calmly for about the first 30 minutes. as usual, after the first 30 minutes, he wants to get out of the cart to run and play and he is very vocal about this. he [...]
Head trauma
Today as we were leaving for financial peace at our church, deacon got so excited that he ran and tripped and landed forehead first in the front door. Within 20 seconds, the area that hit the door swelled up before my very eyes into what we call a “goose egg”. Now 4 hours later it [...]
Celebrating Our Anniversary with a Trip to the ER!
Be sure you leave Deacon a comment on his “Get Well Card” post! Not exactly what we had planned. But exciting none the less. I wanted to fill in a couple of details that Margo left out. On Sunday afternoon I was standing in 1/2 Price Books enjoying my shopping experience. I had a book [...]
