New Life'n

Here's the mommy and toyswap websites you heard on the morning show this week

Swap toys you have for the toys you want!  (And free up some space, too.)  Stay-at-home mom Michelle Maxia (left) told how she got the idea for toyswap.com.  (story here).

And if you're a mom who wants to make some new friends in the Charlotte area--and not just online--try charlottemommies.com.

Cute

Rudolph the red-nosed puppy

So the mirror isn't noticed

"The mirrors must be finely polished that are designed to reflect the image of Christ."--A.B. Bruce

Whoa--husbands can make wives sick

A study reported in Newsweek says a hostile marriage can be harmful to a woman's heart--in more ways than one:

Researchers say that say long-term anger and hostility between partners is much more dangerous for women than men and can impair our immune system and put us at risk for depression, high blood pressure and even heart disease.

They say sometimes men don't even realize they're being hostile (as a guy, that really makes me think).  But, at the same time:

several studies have also shown that good marriages help keep women healthy.

The study says the important thing seems to be to handle disagreements without being abrasive.  Of course, the Bible already knows this.

Gary's grandaughters learn what Christmas is all about

Luke 2:10-11

 

See Luke 19:37-40

I wish my girls were little again

There's a bunch of these kinds of things hanging on the 'tacky tree' in the kitchen.  Some are gifts from over the years.  Some were made by the kids in the early elementary years.  Myquillyn was sitting across from me and I asked her if she remembered this one.

Oh yeah!  I was so proud of that one!  No one else was patient enough to do a good job.  The lollipop was my idea.

She said that was the year she bought all gray for back-to-school.  For some reason she ended up with gray clothes, and it made her feel so complete because she felt like she had outfits that matched.  And she remembers one time getting out of the car with her friend and she needed a little money and Brenda didn't have her purse but she told Myquillyn, honey, if I had $5 I'd give it to you; and she thought, my mom would give me 5-whole-dollars...?!

I remember the look older people used to give when I was in line at the Kroger with the girls.  I never understood that look; kind of a wistful, longing, sigh of a look.  Now, twenty-five years later I'm doing the same thing when I see parents with their kids. 

Christmas. Suicide.

There's a place in me and you where no one else can go.  When things are bad, or when things are good, some things are impossible to share with another person (Proverbs 14:10). 

Today, Tony Dungy knows this.

An Open Letter to the One Contemplating Suicide at Christmas.  (from Sharper Iron)

WWJB?