“Please pick up your backpacks!” “Did you brush your hair? Your teeth?” ”Have you done your homework?” I know we aren’t the only household constantly asking our children these questions because I see parents kvetching about it on blogs, Twitter and Facebook and when we visit friends I see a variety of chore charts and reward [...]
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Is your little trick-or-treater a PBS fan? The children’s network has come out with special episodes, books, costumes and even a trick-or-treat bag to celebrate the spooky holiday. And one lucky Caffeine and a Prayer reader can win a copy of the book, The Spooky Scavenger Hunt, see the end of this post for details. Halloween [...]
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I’m a list maker, a binder gal, an iPhone app junkie. I own not one, not two, but THREE label makers. (One for home, one for the office, and one simply because I liked the fonts better). Yes, I have a problem. I like to organize things. Alas, I was far better organized before I had a family. My loving JavaKids [...]
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I love to tell people that one of the blessings of living in Northern Virginia is that we drive to the east to find museums and drive to the west to find farms. I’ve blogged before about our membership in the CSA (community supported agriculture) program with Great Country Farms, but last week we joined [...]
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Well thank you, Hurricane Irene… Nothing like a hurricane to make two Miami natives turn from procrastinators to doers! JavaDad is a Hurricane Andrew survivor and though I had already left my hometown, the anguish of being hundreds of miles away while my family went days without power makes me know that when Hurricane Irene [...]
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I promise, Caffeine and a Prayer has not turned into a self-reflection blog. However, please indulge me in sharing a challenge from my friend Elena’s blog, C.Mom, where she invites us to take a few moments to list what we like about ourselves. You don’t have to have a blog to make this list, but [...]
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You know that friend who is perpetually thin and jogs every day and talks about her runner’s high? Yeah, don’t you hate her? Okay, well, I’m your fat friend who has has started a walking program and now talks about endorphins and secretly obsesses about when I can get my next four-mile walk in and [...]
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While walking and listening to completely kid-inappropriate music on my iPhone, a thought struck me. “Why don’t I wear perfume any more?” I’m a very sensory person. I respond to how things smell, taste, look, feel, sound. I have very kinetic memories. The waft of just the right scent can change my mood immediately. And perfume, [...]
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The words weren’t entirely unexpected, and yet they still punched me in the gut. “You, my dear, have diabetes.” I looked at my endocrinologist somewhat blankly. I knew this was coming, and yet, the words fell down around me like individual blocks of cement. I. Have. Diabetes. I. Have. Diabetes. Ihavediabetes. Diabetes. Dammit. The family [...]
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The words felt like bullets, shooting through my heart at my very identity. Hearing me refer to myself as “Mommy,” a friend started mocking me — after all, why would I refer to myself in the third person to a child? Didn’t I know better? I’ve become one of THOSE people. The mocking came in them [...]
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