One hundred nine days… About two years ago, I was asked to speak for a child development class at a local college.  It was a favor for a friend taking the class.  She asked me if I could speak about my pregnancies.  (By the way, I’ve had eight.)  Just days before I received this invitation to speak I felt there was going to be a change for me...

One hundred ten days… I was at a party in a public place the other day when I accidentally used the men’s restroom.  Even worse, I didn’t notice until a perfect stranger asked me for directions to the bathroom, and I sent her to the men’s room as well.  My friend intervened giving proper directions to the woman, then said to me, “I thought I...

One hundred eleven days… I ate ice cream.  I confess, and I’m not sorry… well, at least not until tomorrow morning when the scale decides to be mean to me.  It’s always the scale’s fault, never mine ;).  A few months ago I went through a period of time when I felt like I was doing everything right and still couldn’t budge a pound.  I was so...

One hundred twelve days… I ended the first chapter of my book telling you Paul and I had finally claimed victory.  So, what is victory exactly?  What if the prayer you’ve been praying for years is never answered?  Does that mean you are not victorious?  No, it doesn’t.  Sometimes the word “victory” needs redefined.  We must be careful to...

One hundred thirteen days… Do you remember the old Disney lyric, “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes?”  By nature, I am a dreamer, and this girl’s almost 40-year-old heart has been dreaming up a storm since birth.  I spoke in an earlier post of how my dreams have altered since childhood.  Most have, but there was one dream in particular that...

One hundred fourteen days… I’m not feeling well.  As I’m typing, all I can think of is the hideous amount of germs that must be covering this keyboard.  While I sneeze, cough, blow my nose, throw the tissue behind me and repeat the process, I’m remembering being a kid and caring less about germs.  As a child, I didn’t give it a second thought...