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At the end of every year, Mrs. Williams honored her kindergarten class in front of their parents by picking one word she felt best described them. Ruth’s word for my daughter came as no surprise to me, and though it wouldn’t have been my first thought, it definitely would have been perhaps my second or third. My daughter, Mrs. Williams recognized, was “encouraging.” As her mother, I, of course knew this. I had watched her comfort and coach and coax and cheer every unsuspecting child who crossed her path from the time she was big enough to have other people smaller than she. And while...
Read Morea picture paints… (end of the school year gallery)
A peek at our last two weeks–Bub’s awards banquet, during the week of cheerleading tryouts. (She is now an official member of the 7th grade squad!) She received, at the banquet, the award for 6th Grade...
Read Moremotivational monday 4.4.11
I was reminded this weekend of the night, almost twenty years ago now, after my hubby (at that time the boyfriend-soon-to-be-fiance) and I put our wedding date on the church calendar. He had come home with me to meet with my pastor, then gone back to his home town for some commitment I can’t recall, planning to return the next evening to spend part of the holiday with me and my family. I woke up, the morning after we’d put December 19th, 1992 in ink on the calendar, in a complete, full-out panic. What have we done? I asked myself, over and over. What were we...
Read Morewelcome!
Welcome to loriekaufmanrees.com! I’m so glad you’re here! (Because now that you’re here, I can finally go to sleep!) I’ve switched my blog over from blogger to wordpress for a number of reasons. But don’t worry Mom, all the content (and your PICTURES) are still here. I wanted to customize my blog in a way that blogger could not accommodate. I wanted to have more of a website feel, without having to create one myself. I wanted to be able to easily grow this platform into a customized site as it grew. And so, for this reasons and several others, I...
Read Moremaster orange belt
Scenes from Buddy’s Taekwondo belt test tonight. Sparring with a black belt. Nice shot. And taking one down to the ground! Breaking his board on the first try! Way to go,...
Read Morebreaking up is hard to do
My Bub, winning her third straight title as Beam State Champion. Words cannot express how proud I am of the things my daughter has accomplished in the last three years, the overwhelming majority of which don’t come with a title or a medal. We made the tough decision tonight to pull Bub from the team early. We’d planned already for this to be her last season. Competing interests have become a strain. The cost has become a strain. The schedule and transportation have become a strain. But we hadn’t planned for this. A back injury one week after winter States has not healed....
Read Morefor my firework…
…as she tries to sleep after we’ve just talked about the possibility that we might be ending gymnastics sooner than we planned… Firework (Katy Perry) Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind Wanting to start again Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards One blow from caving in Do you ever feel already buried deep Six feet under scream But no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there’s still a chance for you Cause there’s a spark in you You just gotta ignite the light And let it shine Just own the night Like the...
Read Morerockin’ the new look
This summer Bub joined Mid-Day Son, a band created by a group of her friends at school. Here they are leading worship last night for a middle school lock-in.Sorry for the onslaught of pictures. Have to keep the family happy.I hope to post WORDS very...
Read Moreredemption
Forgive me, but I’m going to be an obnoxious parent for a moment. Particularly given that Bub’s last meet did not go so well… 36.525 (Finally–the necessary 36!) First place vault First place beam Fourth place floor SECOND PLACE ALL-AROUND There were no tears this meet. THANK YOU JESUS. Which was a particularly good thing, given she had four friends from school there and seven family members! She and her buds claimed the podium for all-around. Above you have first, second, and third! Thank you for your patience. We now resume normal programming. Oh wait, this IS...
Read More>for my mom…
> …who has waited patiently to see a picture of my tree. or one of my trees, namely the one she created all the 100 snowflakes for as my birthday present this year, despite her insistance over the past 39 years that she would gladly teach me to crochet, as that was the only way i was going to come by a tree full of snowflakes. thanks, mom. oh, and my kiddos thrown in for good measure. it is for my mom, after...
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