tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4087113867702109202024-03-19T14:43:44.203-07:00the north sisterthe north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-20769960222515137852013-08-07T22:35:00.002-07:002013-08-08T10:05:33.185-07:00clarityLucas crawled yesterday on all fours! He has been wiping up the dog hair on our floors with his belly doing his stealthy army crawl but yesterday he took four steps on his knees twice! David and he were playing in the grassy front lawn and he did it!<br />
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In all the emotional turmoil of deciding what to do with our lives - which precipitated my last few blog posts and a healthy lesson in contentment and trust - we have finally come to a few decisions. When we were in Austria, one of Grant's professors said he would pray that David's next step would be clear, that he should look for someone to approach him about it. He has been wanting to find work that would enable me to stay home. I think my flimsy spirit and lack of contentment has made him even more unsure of his work and our future here... I need to interject a little song of praise for him in dealing with my ever unsatisfied heart. How oppressive it must be to be responsible for serving a person who wants it all - to live in sitka, travel to see family across the nations, to have both a blossoming career & be a full time stay-at-home mom, full-time providing AND help with the laundry (or just doing all of it like he does), a lovely house with a yard, chopping the budget AND eating organic fruits and dairy, AND stopping for treats whenever is convenient, fresh king salmon on the grill, european vacations, massages! ... I mean really Shelley....<br />
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Anyway, he was approached by an acquaintance walking her dog passed our house and she said he should apply for a position for wilderness therapy and counseling troubled youth. It had the feeling of supernatural provision - manna. Similarly, a friend of mine prayed for me to find clarity about what work I should pursue. I decided to go back to flying a few days a month and not work at the clinic, which was not at all a clear decision- more like muddied puddles on a midwest dirt road. But as I was reflecting on the word 'clarity' - I felt immediately that something was made clear to me last week - Alaskan mountain-lake-water clear, (see previous blogpost for visual).<br />
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My good friend asked me to be her birth companion. We had been talking about birth plans and I gave her all the hippy-dippy books which inspired me. I felt nervous, and honored, and excited. I love the labor process almost as much as I love birth - at least I love reading about it and learning about it. Most of the labors that I've been involved in as a nurse have been managed labors, full of titrated drips and monitors, and buttons. Except for my birth, I had never seen a first time mom give birth without intervention. But when you read about natural childbirth, it's earthy, and real. Sweaty and sticky. Even in the words on the page there is a sense that something powerful and beautiful, something very human is transpiring. It is the process of a mother meeting her child for the first time, bringing a wholly loved being to her chest, to her breast, to her embrace. I'm not talking about the moment the baby is placed on the mothers chest. I'm talking about the entire labor from the first contraction to the last push - the breathing, the rhythm, the sweat and moans. It's the process of intangible love becoming tangible. The world expanding, the heart growing. So yes, in theory, I was a supporter of natural childbirth.<br />
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But then my friend went into labor. Her husband call me twice and I knew it had come. I rushed over to her house, going over in my mind the chapter I read on dealing with pain naturally - afraid of being unhelpful and naive. I was unsure of what my role of birth companion would look like and how to reconcile being in this new role at the hospital where I'm a staff nurse. But from the moment I got there, I knew it was not so much something you practice for or learn - it was not about being a good birth companion at all. It was always only about the mother's body laboring to create a space for this baby in this world. It's as if all the energy in the room, all the molecules of love and anticipation of this new life are being channeled and concentrated slowly and rhythmically through the birth canal of the mother. These things that are so much a part of being human on a visceral level - breath, touch, rhythm, moaning, laughter and pain - these things of course must be a part of bringing about new life. And it was her husband and my role to support her in them. Breath with her, move with her, let her relax through our touch. Then, as the precious one descends closer to meeting the world of air and breath, the energy concentrates. Everything becomes hypersensitive - noise, light, touch, smell. This is the point when the clothes come off, all the energy you have given her through massage and closeness now is in her hands- she alone must channel all this energy of new life. The air is so thick you can almost touch it, as if to impress on those present that nothing is as important as this moment. The weight of a new life feels like it will split you in two, that you cannot bear it. But it is in bearing it that the emerging new life is so beautiful, so meaningful and whole. She delivered a little girl - a new life enwrapped in love and blessedness, only heightened by the heaviness of labor.<br />
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I went home at 4 am without a yawn, filled with my own personal dose of the energy of Ruthann's new life, so happy to witness the beauty of her mother's sacrifice of love for it. And it became clear that I want to head down a path of midwifery and nurse practitioning. A few days later I got an email that I was accepted into the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Frontier University. And I'm so thankful for that prayer for clarity, and God's lovely answer...<br />
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I'm heading for bed. goodnight.the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-3352166192326152682013-07-30T22:59:00.001-07:002013-08-01T23:18:29.915-07:00Eating our jam and pierogi's<br />
I came home from work today thinking the same thing that I've been thinking after work for the last few weeks, and maybe most of my lazy life; all I want to do is eat ice cream and watch a movie. I don't know if it was my husband's persistence in convincing me to go to bed on time, or the kale I threw into my afternoon smoothie, but instead of watching a movie, I picked up a book that a good friend of mine recommended. I want to share an excerpt from it here...<br />
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"I've lived much of my life with the ridiculous assumption that I will eventually get to the bottom of things - the bottom of housework, the bottom of bad habits, the bottom of God. At some point I will have cleared all the mess away and left my home and myself and the world clean and articulate. Like Iris Gaines says in the movie <i>The Natural</i>, 'I believe we have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that.' I sometimes live with the apparent headlong intent of getting to that second life. I launch new campaigns to organize my house. I pursue conversation with an almost desperate intensity, as if each one might be leading to a conclusion that will finally settle it all. It feels as if I am perpetually trying to clear a path so that I can get to some assumed destination, which 'was from the beginning, a measured distance away, standing in the ordinary light like some plain house.' It makes me think of the first few lines of J.M Coetzee's <i>Elizabeth Costello: '</i>There is first of all the problem of the opening, namely how to get from where we are- which is, as yet, nowhere-- to the far bank. It is a simple bridging problem, a problem of knocking together a bridge.' That is what I'm always trying to do: knock together a bridge. Earlier today Mark and I had a conversation about the story of Jesus going to the home of Mary and Martha. Martha busied herself with work, trying to earn the right to sit down with her guest. Like me, Martha was a bridge builder. 'We're smart people,' mark said, 'we could spend our lives erecting problems, which would then have to be reasoned through. It is wrong to assume there would ever be an end.' Mary, instead sat at the feet of Jesus and listened; Mary was on the far bank. At some point, in order to have faith at all, we have to act as if we are already there. 'Let us assume that, however it may have been done, it is done. Let us take it that the bridge is built and crossed, that we can put it out of our mind. We have left behind the territory in which we were. We are in the far country where we want to be.' I'm not really trying to say that you have to be done with reason. I'm glad I've spent some time fretting with Martha in the kitchen, it's helped me.... At some point I'll just have to take a step into the far country, or stop imagining that I'm not there already." ---- Amy Andrews in <i>Love & Salt</i><br />
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I like to feel secure. I like to know my environment and to control it - or at least believe that I could if I wanted to. I like to put pierogi's in the freezer more than I like to take them out to eat them. I like to look at jars of jam on the shelf more than I like to spread it on my bread. I like figure things out, to build bridges. I am a Martha. And, I like to know that I've thought of every possibility and I am choosing the best path, building the best bridge I can... in my power, wisdom and strength. As I'm writing this it seems so obvious how much I'm limiting myself. I am illustrating my own backdrop. I have been so stressed out about what David and I are going to do with our lives... how are we going to make enough money, which job should I take, where is Sitka headed, is the housing market going to crash... etc... thinking that if I make the right decision, if I build this bridge just right, we will be where we want to be. So here I am again grasping at contentment. Wanting to look at what is in front of me, and watch it, smiling. We are where we want to be - together, in the hands of a knowing God, in a beautiful town, a beautiful summer, living these first precious months of Lucas' life with him as much as possible, eating pierogi's and jam....<br />
So here are some pierogi's and jam for your enjoyment...<br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-587588424442685802013-07-09T09:02:00.001-07:002013-07-09T09:02:11.725-07:00We're getting back into The swing of things. Homemade pierogi, fresh sockeye.... Mmmmm <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwa6FKXxkOIHaCyyj-_qnJW4D3wDTn8PEYdJm0wbblf5rgCXn9EoMFNX1XXASpRdrI8FCbzogxxr9kjMIJVhyphenhyphenLdPZId6kgVOAr911gCL8Kwx4oVXNIBY3_V20Un1j-G2FRyFVkDotnLw/s640/blogger-image-284789933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwa6FKXxkOIHaCyyj-_qnJW4D3wDTn8PEYdJm0wbblf5rgCXn9EoMFNX1XXASpRdrI8FCbzogxxr9kjMIJVhyphenhyphenLdPZId6kgVOAr911gCL8Kwx4oVXNIBY3_V20Un1j-G2FRyFVkDotnLw/s640/blogger-image-284789933.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRifdOudK6pqZr6mu8i83jBPfshowpKq1E7Aoi_DUFrOvhknbIrJx-iuXt8-WJc0KzELf3LQczkUCeRrQAVZbpgRy45-Dy7LNFCF3a_GhiAUmjQtyntN-f4EEvv4YMI-XsOxZI0Nsn8Ok/s640/blogger-image-1337758861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRifdOudK6pqZr6mu8i83jBPfshowpKq1E7Aoi_DUFrOvhknbIrJx-iuXt8-WJc0KzELf3LQczkUCeRrQAVZbpgRy45-Dy7LNFCF3a_GhiAUmjQtyntN-f4EEvv4YMI-XsOxZI0Nsn8Ok/s640/blogger-image-1337758861.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE2J0oh491oE8LV5yLPWEVBL_BSNAgbL8g_qnxGvdelTzKIYWwvJqzhOjwQUg10ChbgyJYr1zMeW1UE0ZjWoqsi8RpDjwCB9UpwqockFpTZiPSY19J9Odf_GdRaPS222xyJLQNHGD0bs/s640/blogger-image--1865616467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE2J0oh491oE8LV5yLPWEVBL_BSNAgbL8g_qnxGvdelTzKIYWwvJqzhOjwQUg10ChbgyJYr1zMeW1UE0ZjWoqsi8RpDjwCB9UpwqockFpTZiPSY19J9Odf_GdRaPS222xyJLQNHGD0bs/s640/blogger-image--1865616467.jpg" /></a></div>the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-60021055582692309392013-07-06T14:45:00.002-07:002013-07-06T14:45:56.788-07:00worn down and the small answer.We just got home yesterday from out trip. I am exhausted and it feels like a faded light, a heaviness that seeps deeply into me. I am impatient and unkind. I feel so far from joy and fullness. And I'm searching for something to blame- something to hide under. But when I stare back at myself, I see it's just me at the end of me... at the end of a month of treating myself to all things good, and easy, and tasty without discipline or regret. It's been wonderful and blessed, and that's the irony. I have been so caught up in me that the fullness of God is a far and distant reality. I have this need to pour out my soul, to empty myself of myself... but I feel so heavy I don't know if I can begin.<br />
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I've spent the last month choosing my pleasures. It's trained me well... now I feel acutely a pressure to choose my life. We saw Grant and Lecia get married, set off for adventures with purpose and passion. We saw all my old chums in Poland and their life and community - my perception skewed positively by my very elementary understanding of the language - in it all I hear and see what I choose. I compare. I see Slawek and Bogusia living in beautiful Krakow, no desire to go somewhere else, to make a statement by leaving. I see their fellowship which seems so isolated from the West's spirit of discontentment clothed as wealth, prosperity and freedom. I thought I was successful in running away from it, running back in time to Alaska. But I was wrong. It has followed me and will follow me because it is a foul smelling flower growing in my heart. I came home and it felt so good, for like 5 minutes, and then I started thinking, fearing, wondering. Wondering- that's my killer - what it would be like to be Bogusia, Laura, Lynette, Lecia - to study in Venice, to get a Doctorate in Psychology, to wear beautiful leather heels, a scarf and sip latte's on a stone street - and I feel trapped inside myself. We just got to travel the world and instead of being sated and joyful because of the beauty that I experienced all across the globe, I become jealous and scared that the beautiful things about our life in Alaska are false. And that I am just as lost, just as busy, just as anonymous, just as discontent here as anywhere. And worse - I don't even have a clue about what to do, what I want, if I should want at all. I have been eating and resting and buying and spending all I want, that it has scraped away at me. In consuming life ravenously, I feel so ironically empty that I feel unable to do anything except lay on the couch, thinking of the next enjoyment. What is my purpose? to glorify God? What does that mean? to serve others? to raise a child who sees others? Where are we to be? Does it matter? I just don't know. I don't know at all. <br />
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I threw this prayer up this morning, after sleeping 10 hours, interrupted by Lucas' exasperated cries at the 10 hour time change and flying fatigue. I read a verse that said "A plan in the heart of man is like deep water. But a man of understanding draws it out." There it is. I feel lost in the deep waters of my own plans, tired of swimming after my own fulfillment. There's got to be a resting place. I'm worn out. My last plea is for God to draw out for me my next plan, for today, or maybe tomorrow.<br />
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It's pitiful to write this negative rant after being so privileged to take 4 weeks off work and see 4 countries, tasting the sweetness and love of so many people close to my heart. I promise my next post will be about how completely awesome our trip was. But for now, I've got to get through this jet lag and stop swimming for a while. I'm going to pray, make some soup, and maybe take a nap.the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-62687348195851986052013-06-07T00:35:00.000-07:002013-06-09T12:05:44.383-07:00Photo update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Forgive me for my laziness. I have been engrossed in discovery - enjoying L's exploration of life is a full time job. Sometimes it's too heavy and I must escape to cleaning the house, or to work, or to a 18th century novel, when once again I become a regular adult able to tune out the millions of potential discoveries flying by every second. slow down to discover... speed up and control control control. With Lucas, life slows down to moments - every muscle movement, every glance, every noise, or expression, the way all five fingers can work in concert to open, close, turn, feel. It's like I'm actually watching brain cells firing, sending impulses to his eyes, tongue, fingers. Every moment is laden with significance and beauty. He is shaping my world I think just as much as I am shaping his. He's watching so acutely, but so am I... I am forced to discover again- to notice. This whole motherhood thing is the most powerful experience of my life, but all this discovery with him wears me out and most days I choose to zone out, instead of write. But thank you faithful readers, I'm back for the evening. <br />
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Since I've last blogged, much has happened. Here is a minor photo update. Some of the highlights of this post are we have been to Portland twice, went to a marriage intensive which was intense as promised. Eileen came to visit- my sweet Eileen - who still loves to philosophize and sing just as much as me.... Kristin and Sam are getting married this weekend, and we had a bachelorette party at our house, followed by Lucas's first camping trip to Shelikof... (pictures later.) I got my garden in and the weather has been marvelous! <br />
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This collection of sugary panties designed and decorated by all the ladies was subsequently devoured by Shelby who I'm sure had a brutal stomach ache. <br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-66293271631747569622013-03-31T16:34:00.002-07:002013-03-31T16:34:55.786-07:00Bath time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-48743689851683224552013-03-10T10:43:00.000-07:002013-03-10T10:43:15.934-07:00BirthdayHello Shelley's blog followers. This is her husband. As many of you may already know, Shelley's birthday is a little over a week away on March 19th. In honor of her birthday and because I love her very much I decided to hijack her blog. Allow me to explain. <br />
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When I was a senior in high school I took a speech class because I thought it would be an easy A. During the course of that semester the teacher had us do something which felt extremely cheesy. She asked us to fill out an index card in which we described another person, focusing, on the things that made that person special and how they have made an impact on us. By the end of the semester, we had written a card to every person in the class and had received a card from every person in the class. I am not sure the impact that my descriptions had on others but I know that I treasured those index cards I received from my classmates. It was wonderful to feel that I made in impact and that my presence mattered. <br />
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As we have begun a new phase in our life, with all of our attention and effort being shifted towards our little one, I would like to take a pause for Shelley's birthday to focus on her and encourage her. I would like for all of you to either:<br />
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a) write a note on an index card and mail it to 210 Park St. Sitka, AK 99835<br />
b) write a note on an index card, take a picture of it and email it to david.t.adams@gmail.com<br />
c) respond to this post on Shelley's blog with what you would have written on the index card<br />
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d) Give Shelley a call and tell her in person<br />
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Thanks for your time and blessings on you all!<br />
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David<br />
the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-91881036325198377792013-03-09T10:27:00.001-08:002013-03-09T10:27:14.959-08:00Can you guess the secret ingredient?!<br />
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David has been a baking machine. I'm thinking of hiring him out! But I had to share his super successful baking attempt to use old avocado's. Brilliant! Possibly the best chocolate cake I've ever had-- and it's butter and egg free!!!<br />
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<a href="http://kirbiecravings.com/2011/06/avocado-chocolate-cake.html#.UTt6j3VPx4g.blogger">Avocado Chocolate Cake | Kirbie's Cravings | A San Diego food blog</a><br />
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I have never experimented with using Avocado in recipes because they are so expensive, and I love them plain with a bit of salt. But, David has been using the old bruised ones that most of the time I just throw away. First he tried an avocado smoothie which turned out to be completely delightful. And then a cake... next who knows!? Click <a href="http://kirbiecravings.com/category/recipes/avocado-recipes">here</a> to find a whole page of fun avocado recipes that I (or more accurately David) will have to try.<br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-12326182094289972492013-03-06T17:33:00.006-08:002013-03-07T09:27:54.945-08:00Sunny I miss writing. Since Lucas has come I haven't had time to sit down to think about how to combine words in order to describe this world we are hurtling through. every moment carries millions of sensations and impulses that, in turn, create thoughts and actions. The complexity, the majesty, the sheer amount of information collected by our senses is immense but somehow it all blurs together as soon as the moment passes. It's hard to slow down enough to keep track of my own senses, let alone write about them, and now I get to keep track of Lucas' senses too. I watch him discover the way his fingers move in space, the way a metal cup sounds as it hits the table over and over again; the way the sun shines through the window in stripes, a ribbon of light that looks like you could touch it's path through the air, but is only tangible in its warmth; the sound of a siren. And I think, I want to capture it all, marvel at it, sit with it, blog about it. But even so, his 7 months have flown by, as my soon to be 28 years have.<br />
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It's warm and sunny today. Lucas and I walked to the bible study I am going to on Wednesday mornings to learn how to parent the heart of a child. I had to take off my second layer, the sun warming my back. Lucas is leaning on his arms now as he turns around to grab things or look for sounds. Yesterday David came home and ran his fingers through my hair. Lucas, laying between us, reached up and grabbed my hair tenderly and watched his fingers go through it. It was a precious moment... one that I want to freeze forever in words. He is picking up every cue and look and expression we make. It's daunting and empowering, even scary. </div>
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Since Lyd has moved into her own place, we don't see as much of each other. Saturday we got to do nothing together... mundane daily things that are more fun with a sister.... like sitting on the couch in the sun drinking tea, and going grocery shopping. On the way there I discovered some bright red lipstick in my purse and we decided to spice up our shopping trip. Eyes were drawn to us in the store - red lips are a rare sight in sitka. Beware of those vixens in red lipstick... on the loose at sea-mart!<br />
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Well, Lucas is up. time for more miraculous moments to fly by...</div>
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Ten years ago I missed my prom opportunity - David went with a friend from his school while I was 5 hours away probably studying for an exam at school. So now he made it up to me, asked me to prom creatively by stumbling onto a message in a bottle. I borrowed this extremely attractive dress and we went to a throw-back prom as a fundraiser for a local volunteer organization. It was a blast... way better than the one I missed I'm sure. David sure can move those hips. We danced the night away. If it wasn't for the 80's dress, you'd think we actually were actually going to our high school prom.... I guess that's getting to be a good thing.<br />
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the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-14883809422060622232013-02-03T12:10:00.001-08:002013-02-03T12:10:09.222-08:00Home sickDavid just ran out the door to church and Lucas woke up from his nap just in time. So I am home sick all alone and the quietness is wrapping around me like a warm blanket. I have been working a lot and so when I'm home I like to have non-stop Lucas time. And last night felt like non-stop lucas time too... we seem to vacillate between the encouragement of him sleeping through the night, and the fretfulness of him reverting to being up every 3-4 hours crying his soul out for reasons that I frantically try to figure out. Then I go through this war of what is the right way to comfort him- what does he need? If I change his diaper will he wake up and get more upset? If I feed him am I starting a cycle of him needing to eat again in the middle of the night? Is he waking up cause I fed him last night and he wants it now too? Or is he really hungry? Should I let him sleep with me and get to crawl back in bed myself for 15 extra minutes? Or should I teach him how to self soothe in his own bed? Ahhh... and I'm sick and so tired that I don't even remember what I did in the middle of the night... how many times did I feed him? Shoot was that only an hour ago? Did we both fall asleep with him eating and I forgot to burp him? oh no, is he one of those babies that will only go to sleep with food?<br />
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So the quiet is intoxicatingly restful and worry-less.<br />
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The one good thing about working more is that I get a rush of love every day that I come home. Lucas sees me walk through the door and brightens up- I swear there are sun beams shining out of his orifices.<br />
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The last two days I worked were training for Forensic Photography. It's
part of my sexual assault nurse examiner course and I got to practice
with my own camera--- or lyd's camera that she is letting me use. I am
so excited to learn how to use my camera take beautiful pictures... not forensically
but to capture the expressions and moments with my baby that imprint
themselves everyday into my soul. Here are just a few of the best.<br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-68474687715937299442013-01-18T00:03:00.002-08:002013-01-18T00:03:32.578-08:00<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">last night it rained so hard shelby was scared. lucas and i however slept like babies. I stayed up late watching a bbc drama-- as I often do when david leaves town--- he is in portland and I spent the evening hours lost in the early 20th century with the Crawley's. It was more fun than I care to admit. and at least I multitasked... I made some progress on one new year's resolution-- knitting. I took my first class and started and finished my first project... that is as far as I can finish it. I have to go back for a second class to learn how to "bind off." Or I guess I could youtube it. it's a dish rag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">we have been enjoying him at this age. he is so perfect. I love it.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span>the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-37789415488629548722013-01-03T23:26:00.000-08:002013-01-03T23:26:00.310-08:00New Year's Resolutions<br />
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<li>prayer<br /> </li>
<li> knitting<br /></li>
<li> intentional time with david<br /></li>
<li>putting my iphone away when with lucas... or in general<br /></li>
<li>cleaner floors - with my fantastic new/used miele vacuum<br /></li>
<li> gardening<br /></li>
<li> using my crockpot regularly for cheap and hardy meals<br /></li>
<li>incorporating something like Shabbat (sabbath) into our lives.<br /></li>
<li>getting up mountains again<br /></li>
<li> Lucas... learning to be a mom well... constancy</li>
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the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-62061306478248622532013-01-01T16:56:00.000-08:002013-01-01T16:56:56.200-08:00windyIt's the first day of 2013. It's howling outside. Lucas, Shelby and I went for a walk and I felt like Poo and piglet trying to keep from blowing away. I love wind. Sometimes I don't, like when its the cold kind that pierces through you. We don't get many warm balmy winds here, which, along with warm rain, are my favorite. But today's wind wasn't the piercing kind and we were bundled tight, so Lucas and I much enjoyed our almost-balmy and blustery Mary Poppins-esque outing. Lucas is getting so much more aware of his world. He has been a pro at tummy time, ready to roll over with the slightest push. He loves to bounce and fly through the air looking around. His head and neck are super strong... well, stronger than they were. He still gets tired after extended periods on his belly. Today he almost used a pincer grasp to investigate a big button on my sweater. He grabbed it using his first and middle fingers and thumb, with great delicacy and intent. I love him and I can't believe that I don't even really know him yet... it blows my mind that he's going to grow soon to be a little man with his own personality, sense of humor and ideas. I know so much about him, little cues, what he needs... and I could recognize his cry or his laugh in a crowd I think... but he isn't even talking yet. Sometimes I think it couldn't be better than right now, that he could never get any more precious... but then he does something else, like pinch my button or reach for his bottle, and I can't even imagine entering that universe where he will be rolling and crawling and talking and walking, and READING and WRITING and ... oh man. <br />
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Roger and Eva were here for Christmas and Jonathan came up for the week after. We had a lovely Christmas with our charlie brown tree. Lucas barely squeaked into his "my first christmas" reindeer outfit. He's graduated to 9 month clothes almost exclusively.<br />
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Lucas loved Grandpa's play dates full of songs and fun.<br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-66058946315532582122012-12-19T22:23:00.000-08:002012-12-19T22:27:14.575-08:00Heavy<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merriam-Webster </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">so silly. its weird how some days, just as beautiful, or even more beautiful than any other can feel so drab. like there are curtains over my eyes and the lights are dimmed. tomorrow is new and fresh. i'm headed to bed. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"></span>the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-33862886517315026162012-12-16T02:05:00.001-08:002012-12-16T02:05:28.573-08:00next week is Dec 21st ...... so that means that this week is the darkest week of the year. I feel that I have been mole-like for quite some time - hiding away in my house, tunneling between stacks of dishes and newspapers and laundry, creating piles of dirt wherever I go, nibbling all day on caloric and very "storable" food, if you know what I mean, and every once and a while peaking my head above ground for some daylight...<br />
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Still I've been feeling tired, slow, unproductive and emotionally blunted. I'm ready for December 21st to come and go. At least I'm taking vitamin D. I wish I knew how to knit.<br />
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Lucas is growing. Last week was his 4 month old check-up. He was 17 lbs 10 oz and 25.5 inches long. Today he found his thumb! I am hoping that will save me the binky runs in the middle of naptime. My mom came to town this weekend and she has been watching him while I do some Christmas shopping and garage saling. It's been so wonderful to have her. I keep hoping maybe one day she'll just never leave. Lyd got a new apartment and now we have to fill it... hence the garage saling.<br />
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My big news is that I have decided that it's better for all of us if I don't work 12 hour shifts. It's too long for David, it's stressful for Lucas to not have me for bedtimes. I think more and more he is requiring a consistency in his days. We have our little morning and bedtime rituals and the 12 hour days keep me from being there. I miss sharing them with him, but the real issue is that I think for him missing them is not just a matter of comfort, but a matter of brain development and building trust. I am happy with the decision, even though it is strange to enter a new world nursing - clinic nursing. I will be working my first 9-5 job, every weekend off. It sounds pretty luxurious. Instead of working two 12 hour days, I'll work three 8 hour days/week. My new work starts January 2nd and I think I'm excited. I knew things would change with a baby, and my career was one that I always expected to sacrifice. Still it's strange to choose something so different from the path I have been working towards for years. I always assumed that when I had a baby my life would all be different, but I didn't expect that I would be the one to make it different...that i would be the one to choose... and it's harder than I thought to say no. No to picking up extra days, no to continuing my career path, no to helping out my co-workers and staying late, even taking a long lunch break feels strange. Maybe it's habitual, or maybe I have a tinge of workaholism in me and hanging out with lucas all day seems somehow unproductive, or maybe I'm afraid. I am really at peace with this decision, but it is a continuous decision... I mean in everything...if i don't prioritize it, it doesn't automatically become the most important thing. Even with all the care Lucas requires, there are plenty of corners that can be cut and I need to consciously remind myself not to cut them. It can be quite daunting.<br />
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David is especially happy with the decision because right now he is split between worlds too. There's a lot to balance... work, sleep, exercise, taking care of lucas, taking care of me. Here's his latest project...<br />
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Ultimately I am so happy to be Lucas' mom, home as much as I am, able to switch jobs and work only part time. the list goes on and my days are full of joy ... however short they seem to be.<br />
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the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-3469892036257739872012-12-04T23:31:00.000-08:002012-12-04T23:31:04.341-08:00toys, star wars and aunts<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">today was a big day for little luke. he started noticing and grabbing toys. for about a week now he has been doing this completely scrumptious little trick of exploring his light touch receptors, spreading his fingers wide and touching them to my skin using only his fingertips. its awesome- it feels really good on my skin for one thing and it also is fun to watch him explore how dainty and delicate those appendages can work. but today he put it all together and reached out and grabbed the toy that has been taunting him for while, happy to have conquered that little twirly parrot and his big black and white eyes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but biggest news of all... aunty lydia came home! she jumped right in and watched lucas for the afternoon while i worked. he seemed to remember that she had been an important part of the first half of his life. even though she has been gone for the last 2 months, they had a great afternoon together. sitka is glad she's back too- the sun sparkled specially on the snow today and we had a great tuesday night dinner. lydia introduced us to shakshuka- a delicious tomato and egg breakfast dish from israel. so happy to have her back.</span></span>the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-85407987095194672782012-11-25T23:00:00.001-08:002012-11-25T23:02:03.469-08:00the day of casseroles and pies<b><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I cannot fully invite you readers into the delicious tastes of our Thanksgiving celebration, perhaps I can create for you a scene of its warmth and joy. Here is our day in pictures.</span></span></b><br />
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<br />the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-69544486433257931442012-11-24T02:43:00.000-08:002012-11-24T02:44:49.800-08:00Another post of midnight pumping...I'm not sure whether it was lucas' early dive into bed or me having a
dream of being at thanksgiving with Grandma Rachel showing her my
"spraying the room with milk trick" but I needed to wake up in the
middle of the night to pump. Yesterday was Thanksgiving and it was
different than what I remember thanksgiving to be on Fairmount Road like
the old days... but it was wonderful all the same. We had a large group
at TJ and Beth's house. With the new addition of Beth it was a
wonderland of browns and oranges and little candles and gourds... the
power of a woman.... but there's more to come later when I upload some
photos. Instead I want to post a great video displaying Lucas' talents
at tummy time. He's becoming quite the professional.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I worked today. 12 hours is a long shift. I did a lot of meditating on the situation in Israel... and the situation in my own little house in my own little town. It all started when Lyd called and told me of the bombings in Israel. It's crazy how safe we all feel even though we really are just on the edge of something really catastrophic happening. Not to be pessimistic or dramatic, but it's humbling to think about how much, or how little I should say, it would take to just wipe us out. And somehow by living safely day to day we gain a sort of confidence that we are invincible and in control of our lives. (Not that I think that Lyd should stay and face it, unless of course she should....) I would like her safe and sound with me, but that's the point. Why do I think I am safe and sound? Anything... a little microscopic virus, a tsunami, a slip of the wheel, or of the wheel of someone else, a cancer cell that decides to multiply... could change things forever. I remember when I first brought Lucas home I was so nervous that he would stop breathing. I would put my face up to him in the middle of the night just to make sure he kept at it. But now I'm not so worried, but only because he has breathed all the way through the night for 3 whole months. It's silly really. It's silly that I think that I have something to do with it all. Anyway, I was feeling melodramatic and sentimental because I miss Lydia and was reading about all the terror in that part of the world that I usually am happily clueless about in my cute little house with my cute little kid and his cute little thighs... and cheeks... and fingers... etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Lucas and I have been singing together. I play the piano and sing and he sort of moans sweetly, as if he is a confident choir member who has sung this song a million times. I love the old hymns and every once in a while the power of their words impress me. This one hit me again:</span></span><br />
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When peace like a river, attendeth my way,<br />
When sorrows like sea billows roll;<br />
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,<br />
It is well, it is well, with my soul.</div>
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Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,<br />
Let this blest assurance control,<br />
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,<br />
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.</div>
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It is well with my soul,<br />
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My sin, not in part but the whole,<br />
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,<br />
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So IDF v. Hamas, loss of a job, childcare, compulsive ice cream consumption, or world hunger... In the words of davy from A severe mercy... "it all will be most well." </span></div>
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becoming more transparent. Now her covering is lying around her like a
wet towel on the bathroom floor. I raked up her leaves the other day,
turning them into compost that will hopefully garnish my garden in the
spring if I get my act together. I've been wanting to somehow implement a
sabbath in our busy lives... but not working at all, like the Jewish
tradition, is something I don't really understand. I heard somewhere
that a man does his gardening on the sabbath because it is reflective
and restful for him. I gave it a try this week and enjoyed it so much. I
raked leaves, planted some tulips from TJ and Beth's wedding, and some
old daffodil bulbs from Fairmount road that aren't going to bloom since
they have been hiding in the garage for so long... but I figure some of
their dust is better than nothing and maybe will make my memories of
daffodils from my childhood live a bit longer. It was so good to get my
hands in the dirt again. Mostly my days consist of short walks around
town and through totem park, and doing the same tasks over and over
again- like changing diapers, putting lucas down for a nap, sweeping the
floor. But every once in a while there is a special occasion- like going to eat with Dad at work, or hanging out with other 3 month olds, or a fun dress-up holiday.</div>
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Halloween was a fun little adventure for us. I'm not sure it was so fun for Lucas as he did not understand the cuteness of his costume nor the fun of gathering candy. But it was a good little walk for him and we met some of our friends. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sweet walk with mom and shelby on a sunny day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not being amused by the ha-ha game</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My prenatal yoga friend Leeann and her little one</td></tr>
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But the best part about this time is perhaps having Grandma here. It's been wonderful to have Eva in town, especially since I have gone back to work two days a week and child care is a bit tricky with David's random schedule. We have gourmet meals, clean laundry galore, and the chance for some time to make money-- or spend it, just the two of us, like the old days. the north sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06962158083614763655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408711386770210920.post-290079059096221752012-11-02T18:39:00.000-07:002012-11-02T18:41:08.943-07:00<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a link to my friend Emily's blog and our murder mystery party. David and I are pictured in our costumes. We were Mr. and Mrs. Eldon and Candice Dunlop. He was a rich rubber factory owner, and I was his new wife - A 21 year old flirtatious American socialite but secretly a spy for the U.S. government... set on a cruise liner in 1914. A grand evening - you soon shall see!</span></span></span><br />
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