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I decided, when Jack was about a year-and-a-half old, that God must give new moms a “freebie.”
I don’t remember every detail, but I do know that my God-given freebie involved me in another room changing a newborn Maria’s diaper while Jack stayed in the kitchen with a pot of Spaghetti-O’s on the stove. I [...]

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Which is more painful?
a) Wendi-the-Torturer’s spin class at the Y; or
b) attending mass with my three youngest children?
Let’s analyze this.
Spin class: 45 physically challenging minutes
Mass: One excruciating mentally and physically challenging hour
Spin class: Motivating, rockin’ music played loud enough to drown out any grunts of pain
Mass: Who can pay [...]

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…that “gonga” means “chimney” in Spanish? (Neither do any Spanish speakers.)
This afternoon while were were playing outside, Luke kept saying something that I just could not understand. So, I asked Maria what he was saying.
“He’s saying gonga!”
“Gonga?” I asked. “What does that mean?”
“It means… chimney in Spanish,” she says. ?!?!
A [...]

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