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06:35, Thursday, May 22, 2008 .. Link

I just heard the news about Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter .... how heartbreaking!!! My children are 9 and 3, and it is so difficult to protect my 3yo from 'freak' accidents .... and having lost two babies myself (midterm losses), this is a gut-wrenching pain that is unimaginable and indescribable. It sounds so inadequate to say, but I will certainly keep the Chapman family in my prayers .... I feel a kind of connection with them now .... the loss of one's child(ren) gives a sort of common bond, even in tragedy.

My other musings this morning ..... I have "What I Wanted to Say" by Marie Bellet in my mind this morning, and had a bizarre dream that I was being chased by the paparazzi and misquoted about my children, that for some reason they just decided to target an ordinary, quiet homemaker and make her life miserable. Of course, I've also been awakened the past couple of nights with this persistent sore throat and slight earache, and going to the doctor is not really an option yet, just muddling through as best as I can ....

If you haven't listened to Marie Bellet .... she's a Catholic mother of nine children, she doesn't really sing Catholic songs so much as songs of Christian faith about motherhood, marriage, fatherhood, and standing against modern culture that is so obsessed with self-destruction, self-obsession, and materialism. I downloaded her albums through iTunes - cheaper that way ($9.99 as opposed to $16.00).

I tried a mixture of Borax with baking soda last night for the dishwasher -- not sure if I recommend this or not -- some of the dishes and silverware had a powdery feel to them afterwards. Maybe I used too much. Nothing that a simple rinse won't fix, but I need to fine-tune it. I was just glad not to have any soap residue.

I also tried washing a batch of towels and new clothes (for my kids) in Borax and baking soda with a vinegar rinse -- will see today how that worked out. Some claim that the agitation of the washer combined with warm water should be enough to clean clothes - for some things, I agree with this ... but not for my husband's work uniforms -- he works a physical job outdoors, his clothes (including socks) get pretty grungy and smelly!!

Will try to get to more later ... for now I have to get moving!

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