Author: daylerogers

• We Three Snarks Of Christmas Are

  The closer Christmas gets, the more I default to “do it now or die” mode. Not exactly portraying the Christmas spirit. But I’d be a heck of an advertisement for the Energizer Bunny. I found myself daydreaming a few evenings ago. I still had a lot to do before I could consider heading to bed.…

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  December 17, 2015

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  “Elf”, christmas, daydreams, disappointment, expectations, God, Jesus, planning, Type A personalities

• Do You See What I See?

  I was stunned. Hadn’t expected what I was seeing. I got back late Saturday night from time in Miami. Tired yet grateful. Tiffany and Ramsay, the new parents, were doing amazingly well as they adjusted to baby Brooklyn and her needs. They’re being true students of their daughter, learning who she is and what she…

  daylerogers

  December 14, 2015

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  christmas, Christmas trees, decorating, God, heaven, Jesus, love, nativity, newborns, parents, stress

• I Think I Did It My Way

  She’s definitely a keeper. Brooklyn and her mom and dad finally got home late Monday night from the hospital. The place where people make it their job to keep you from rest so you can get better. Tiffany had been inundated with people helping her. All the time. At all hours. Helping her and Ramsay…

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  December 10, 2015

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  God, humility, Jesus, Jews, kings and rulers, Messiah, newborn babies, oppression, puppies, Rome, warriors

• This Wasn’t The Plan

  When you’re about to have a baby, people love to encourage you with the wonders of a newborn and the reality and responsibility of new parenthood. Or they tell horror stories of their own labor and delivery. Nobody wants to hear those, but there’s something in the telling that lets women remind themselves they lived to…

  daylerogers

  December 7, 2015

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  caesarian section, Christmas story, delivery, God, Jesus, Joseph, labor, Mary, newborns, surgery, umbilical cord, unexpected

• It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Crush

        Thanksgiving is over, pushed out of the way by retailers marketing Black Friday stuff and clutter a day early. The Christmas season is officially upon us. The big day is just over three weeks away. Just saying that can give me a queasy stomach. When I think of all that needs to…

  daylerogers

  December 3, 2015

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  Advent, baking, Black Friday, christmas, decorating, gifts, God, hope, Jesus, joy, love, Norman Rockwell, peace, shopping