LAW SCHOOL MOM

Last week I got a long overdue momcation; a full week at home, free of parenting responsibilities.  Before then, the longest I had been away from Graham was a single weekend and I went somewhere else while he stayed home. This time, he went to visit his grandparents so I felt assured he was well taken care of.  For me, the reason for my momcation was to spend the time getting well.

If you saw my prior post, you are aware of the back pain I have been experiencing this semester.  I'll spare you the specifics, but the Monday after spring break, I was in too much pain to walk and went in for an emergency epidural steriod injection.  

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My only true blog post this semester was my first week of school.  You would think that my last semester as a law school mom, I would want to write more.  And indeed I do, I have about five ideas stored away and every week I want to write, but my life has gotten in the way.  Not in the way that I would have ever expected in my final days of law school.

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2008 Valentine's Dinner with Small Group Couple's Bible Study (spouse missing from picture)

Valentine’s Day.  A day of the year treasured by some (mostly retail providers), despised by many.  One might think that the enjoyment of Valentine's Day depends on whether there is a special someone to spend the day with.  I would venture to say that most men could do without Valentine’s Day, so I’m going to address the female point of view.

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I will have been married seven years in March, but I remember too well the infatuation stage of the relationship.[1]   It doesn’t take much effort to recall the feelings you get when you meet someone you are attracted to.  You take care in your appearance, your stomach gets butterflies when you are together and there is nothing he can do you won’t find delightful.  I remember this phase lasting six to twelve weeks in any given relationship.  After that, the attentiveness, thoughtfulness and excitement begins to wear off.

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As a mom I work hard to trust my instincts and attempt to tune out what the media and society expects of me.  The frills of Christmas have similar competing interests.  With Christmas comes the lights, the gifts, and letters.   I’ll talk about each of these in turn.

Christmas lights
The lights are usually the first outward sign (unless you are in a retail store) that the Christmas season is upon us.  Geoff, Graham and I live on street in Windsor Heights, a town of twenty city blocks landlocked by other suburbs of Iowa’s capitol city.  

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