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<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Customer service shalom.<\/strong> This is a fabulous article on receiving customer service with grace<\/a>. (HT:Thomas) I’m wishing that it had been around when I was a barista during the summer of 2000 as there were some pretty nasty customers that came into my Barnes and Noble<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Prayer request.<\/strong> Please keep the family of baby Aiden Hall in prayer. Aiden was the nephew of one of my church kids from Minnesota and was born last month at 29 weeks because of his mom’s preeclampsia<\/a> and weighed in at 1 lb 14.2 oz. (Does this sound somewhat familiar<\/a>?) Anyway, baby Aiden started having seizures this morning and passed away this afternoon. Please keep parents DJ and Lisa and big brother Liam in prayer as they deal with this heartbreak.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Celebrating life as well.<\/strong> In better news than the last take, Agnes had her baby<\/a>!!!!! She is a serious cutie pie too. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n For Ash Wednesday This Week.<\/strong> Rachel Held Evans<\/a> posted a chapter from Searching for Sunday<\/a> on ashes<\/a>. I recommend reading it even though Ash Wednesday was yesterday.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n *facepalm*<\/strong> In the “Trending” column on Facebook<\/a> are articles on how state Medicaids are having to ration Hepatitis C medications because of the cost<\/a>. Huh. Other first world countries don’t have this problem. Guess why? BECAUSE THEY REGULATE THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES!!!! Tell me again how deregulation is a good thing. I dare you.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Lent update.<\/strong> We were talking about Jesus being tempted in the desert today at the lectionary Bible study and we got into a big discussion on food. It was a good reminder that my hunger pangs last night were something that Jesus went through when Satan was tempting Him. It also brought to mind Laura’s<\/a> post on how to fast like a grown up<\/a>. (A reminder: Laura<\/a> won the right to pick my Lenten discipline<\/a> so I’m keeping a cheater version<\/a> of her fast<\/a>.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Valentines for Daniel’s class.<\/strong> As soon as I get these posted, I’m off to create some Valentines for Daniel’s class at school. If I was actually being a cool mom this year, I’d do something from Living Locurto<\/a> like last year<\/a>. Instead, I’m putting address labels with hearts onto bags of Mott’s\u00ae Medleys Fruit Flavored Snacks<\/a> and calling it good. #slackermom<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — Customer service shalom. This is a fabulous article on receiving customer service with grace. (HT:Thomas) I’m wishing that it had been around when I was a barista during the summer of 2000 as there were some pretty … Continue reading