Last night I read the saddest thing in a while. *note: I never read anything with emotional content. Recently my emotions have been all over the place with my own life and I’ve been afraid to care for/ about anyone else but ME. Great way to live eh? This self-centeredness is a whole ‘nother topic!

Anyway, the sweetest lady has opened her blog to the public, after the sad loss of her baby son nearly 5 years ago. And I read her story last night. And she wrote a poem about her experience. And she is way too talented a writer! I felt her pain, saw her babies the way she does, felt the panic, shock, denial, the desperation, the acceptance, the miracle of peace, and the beginning of moving forward. I don’t know what the last 5 years have been for her - I can’t imagine very easy. But now, she is sharing her experience of mommy-hood with her three other sons and loving hubby. Her blog is a very sweet and uplifting place to be. I know - how surprising is that?

Reading her story, and Heather’s has been such a special part of this week for me. They have written stories of how God has reached down and touched them in their deepest need. And it seems to me, that these mommies have faced and come to peace with some of life’s toughest questions.

It just makes me feel calm to read the stories, to remember God’s hand is around here and active. To remember that I’m not alone in my struggles. And neither, dear reader, are you.

I was in the van heading home tonight. And I thought of something absolutely brilliant! without further ado:  the correct way to MOUNT A HORSE:

• stand side-to-side with the horse
• both facing the same way (forward)
• cross your legs like a peepee dance.
• The leg that is now CLOSEST to the horse is the one that goes in the closest stirrup.

I tell you - is that not brilliant?!?!

Do I live anywhere near a horse? No. A stable, farm maybe? No, no. Do I like horses or horseback riding? Nope.

But you see - there’s a reason I thought of this brilliant bit of mounting instruction. Because I’m a spaghetti brain. Now this will all make sense in a moment. A spaghetti brain, you know. The kind where there’s lots of thoughts all going in different directions all at the same time. And you know where I’m going with this don’t you? Yup. Men are waffle brains. They got squares of thought. And there are walls around that square - nothing messes with that thought. There is one thought. And that thought doesn’t cross any other thought topic. And some squares? They’re empty. Yup. E. M. P. T. Y. Nothin’. Notta. So when you ask, “what are thinking?” and they say, “nothing”. It is THE strangest thing - they MEAN it!!!!

So that’s why I came up with this brilliant bit of horse-mounting instruction. It was like a gift that popped into my head. And you think God doesn’t give good gifts!

Top 10 ways to know that you have a germ problem.

10. Your fingernails are so short they bleed. And that of your children’s. And the cat’s.

9. Consequences for the children include cleaning handrails and doorknobs.

8. You use those “green” shopping bags, and line them with plastic bags first.

7. You actually know fruits and vegetables with antibacterial properties.

6. Your children think cooking requires a fridge, stove, and vinyl examination gloves.

5. You’ve mastered the art of the inside-out-plastic-bag-turned-glove trick for emergencies.

4. Bulk packages of meat go rotten before you’ve mustered up the guts to divide it up.

3. You consider it an emergency if you are grocery shopping and forgot your gloves.

2. Litter box cleaning resembles a bio-hazard decontamination procedure.

1. Your survival depends on air, water and paper towels.

I got this from www.[anotherwebsite].com. I had nothing to do with it. Nope. Nothin’. Nadda.

Diary of 1: has this post up, I think its from a couple weeks back. About making little ziploc baggie books of your children’s “treasures” from a quick walk in the park/ zoo/ nature house/ whatever. What kid wouldn’t love that? Check it out here: The Child’s Spring Book

The weirdest thing on my blog is… Okay, stop laughing. There are weirder than others, you know!

1) How to re-caulk the shower is THE most popular post by FAAAAAR! I mean that nearly 30% of you who come by this blog are looking for tips on cleaning the shower drain or how to dry that darn caulk!  I had no idea there were so many women with caulking questions.

2) Recipe for LEG WAX is my most common sought after gluten-free recipe!

What does all this mean?  (That’s just it.  I don’t know either.)