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kid tid bits

Yesterday morning I went to the fruit market just with my second son in order to spend quality time with him. When we were looking at the fruits nicely displayed above, there upon the shelves below were different kinds of candy in small containers(very accesible to shorter eyes). J gently moved his open hand across them and said a breathless "Beautiful!" I started laughing outloud causing an older AFrican-American woman to come up to us. I explained to her what he had said, and as a result we conversed as we went through the store...or as J "was picking out his dinner" as she described it. Corn, beans, brocolli, kiwi and a huge ham and jar of pickles I told him to put back. Last night we had a younger couple and her mom over for dinner. They started describing all the things the young girl did as a child...I was so thankful J was in bed by this time. For example, she took all her father's favorite record albums and put them all out on the floor and starte...

chinese medicine

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at an average price per month of 4 times what we pay for electricity...chinese medicine is quite an investment...

in preparation for Ayyam-i-Ha

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my children are earning "fruit of service" for their "tree" to celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha. If they put their dishes away, clean up, act kindly, etc...we added their virtue beads they earned earlier to the tree as well... "ye are the trees of my garden. ye must bring forth goodly and wonderous fruits, that ye yourselves and others may profit therefrom..."...we sing this Hidden Word as well...

today's moments

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the boys gave bear-y a bath my baby girl hears water running in the bathroom, and thinks it is bath time!

a visit home

our dear friend Ruhiyyih came home for 9 days of lovely chatting and baby tickling...it was wonderful to see her after such a long time.