Is this the best ever Pearls before Swine cartoon strip ever made? Quite possibly yes although it does require you have a bit of a history of foreknowledge to fully appreciate it. And to be honest, as much as i knew the skit it comes from, i had never watched the original til this very moment and it is incredible. Abbott and Costello and if you haven't seen this, do yourself a favour - this [...]
It's hard for me to admit this, and I have a close circle of friends who understand me and the experience I've had as a mother. I'm so grateful for these friends because being a mom has not been the most natural thing for me. My daughter is 2 years old and is a light in my life. However, no one could have prepared me for the journey of motherhood. There is so much judgment that [...]
i saw this on my Australian friend Dave Andrew's Facebook page today and i think it will give us a lot to think about if we take it seriously - if you find it too long then at least read the bolded bit at the beginning and the ten 'commandments' at the bottom [but seriously, just read the whole thing!]: And Now For A Quiet Word With My Fellow Christians: If Jesus Really Is [...]
To be a mom, I’m sure means different things to different moms. Each journey into and through motherhood is littered with moments and memories that are particular to that mom and to her journey with her children. I’m a mom of two ~ and believe me, I don’t profess to know anything at all about being the perfect mom. Actually, the longer I’m a mom, the more I realise how much I really don’t know [...]
"Why do you wear those things on your knees?" "Look at Steph, she is so slow. Ha ha!" "Why can't she run and jump like a normal kid?" "Steph you're a freak." These are the refrains that followed me around as a child born with the mildest possible strain of Ataxia, which is a form of Cerebral Palsy. As an adult, I am incredibly fortunate that I now live a "normal" life, have a "normal" [...]
i used to receive me daily Pearls before Swine deliver to my mailbox, but recently this stopped happening for some reason... so now when i remember i dive into the site and do a little catching up [although this also bodes well for me when i order my next Pearls Before Swine annual because there will be ones i have not seen] and these two floated to the top when i did: Sometimes Stephan works [...]
I am 'Mum' to three amazing biological children. Sir J, aged 14, Lady M aged 12 and Little Miss 7. You can stop pulling that face, these are not their real names, just how I refer to them in order to respect their future online identity and privacy. My initiation into motherhood didn't begin with a pretty white dress, two rings on my finger, a Christian husband who'd vowed to love me for life, or a [...]
Brett has been nagging, I mean asking, me to do a follow up post to the one we did on adoption to see what life is like two years after adopting our daughter Rachel. I have been putting it off, mostly due to legitimate reasons. We have became a family of four as I gave birth to our second daughter, Emma, and so life does have that frenetic/blurry/chaotic/kid edge to it that makes it hard [...]
To be a mom I was never one of those girls who dreamt of her wedding. I never dreamt of babies or being a wife. I climbed trees, hid stray animals and dreamt of exploring the world. I’ve had an independent spirit from as far back as I can remember. My life changed when I fell pregnant at the age of 22 - the devastation gave way to instantaneous, glorious, immovable love the second I [...]
a friend of mine sent me an email with a post titled 'To be a Mom' in it. i'm not sure why she sent it - i can't remember if it was part of something i had asked her to write or if she had just decided this was something needing to be written and had sent it to me. what it did though was spark something inside of me: What if i gave that [...]