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<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Serious cuteness.<\/strong> When Jon was about to pull into the driveway this evening, Daniel rushed to the window to watch and started singing “da da da da da” to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. As Jon walked around the house to get the garbage cans to put out, Daniel followed him around the bank of windows and then rushed to the door when Jon started unlocking it. When Jon came in, Daniel took his hands and started bouncing. It was totally fun to watch.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Orphans.<\/strong> Do you see these three adorable children?<\/p>\n First row: Brett<\/a> and Iris<\/a>. Brett<\/a> still needs a mama. Iris<\/a> finally has a family committed to her. Kaia<\/a> has a family committed to her who will be traveling to her country and will meet her tomorrow! Click on their names to see their Reece’s Rainbow<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Not good for me to find.<\/strong> Did you know that HuffPo<\/a> has a Cats section<\/a>???? A page full of cat stories!!! Can we say “massive time waster for Jen”???<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I might be getting a little verklempt…<\/strong> Thank you to Beth Anne<\/a> who shared this<\/a> with me on Twitter<\/a>. The ones involving cats are lovely but they’re all good and may cause a little water to leak out of your eyes.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Real life.<\/strong> So my chest cold *did* turn into bronchitis and by Sunday, I was sick enough that my parents were terrified of letting me drive home by myself. On Monday, I went to the clinic where my FNP wrote me a script for antibiotics and an inhaler as well as giving me the option of also having a Rocephen shot. I took her up on it (mostly because my life would suck immeasurably more if Daniel got this) and of course, the shot *would* have to be given in my rear end. (It’s probably good that I was too sick to reflect on this at the time because I think prudish me would have been blushing and hugely embarrassed as it was the male student nurse giving it.) I was also too tired and sick to think of curse words to say (the shot hurt like Hades) and was instead going through the Jesus prayer to try and keep myself calm. The injection site is still sore a few days later but the shot was a good thing — I turned a corner within 24 hours and am almost back to normal today.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Some good news.<\/strong> Thomas of Fuller Life<\/a> (formerly known as “Strong Catholic”, “Identified Catholic”, and “Listening for the Shepherd”) has some BIG NEWS<\/a>. He’s been a little vocal<\/a> about it all week<\/a> and I’ve been mocking him mercilessly so I figured I’d give him some link love as a way of making it up to him. I’m also under orders to pounce on his naysayers like a “mama lion” (or is it “friend lion”?) so please go give him some congrats<\/a> and please don’t make me screw up my gel nails.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n With Simcha on this one…<\/strong> Apparently, there has been some grumping in the Catholic blogosphere (where I hang out because there aren’t any Lutheran bloggers like me) about the confessionals at World Youth Day in Rio because they aren’t “pretty”. Simcha Fisher takes them to task<\/a> and I’m with her on this one — yes, they aren’t as aesthetically pleasing as Gothic cathedral but seriously… THAT’S NOT THEIR PURPOSE!!! I’d personally rather see hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of young people having the opportunity to engage their faith and seek forgiveness for their sins than something that may be aesthetically-pleasing but not functional.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — Serious cuteness. When Jon was about to pull into the driveway this evening, Daniel rushed to the window to watch and started singing “da da da da da” to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. As … Continue reading
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