Haley Jane: Age 2 Setting: Sitting on a lava rock looking out into the Atlantic Ocean in Iceland with Haley at my side and her 7-month-old sister, Darcy, in my lap. "Mommy, may I please..." I start to smile as I hear my two year old perfectly articulate a request just like she had been taught to do, feeling all my hard work starting to pay off "...throw Darcy into the Ocean?" Read More
Thank you Gideons
Haley Jane: Age 2 I let Haley carry a little green, Gideon pocket New Testament to church yesterday. It must have made an impression. Today she waddled up to me and asked, "Where my Holy Green Bible at?" Read More
No Fear
Haley Jane: Age 2 Yesterday we read the Christmas story and set up our nativity with Haley. She listened intently to the part about the angel that had come to Mary and Joseph saying, "DO NOT BE AFRAID!" Today, after breakfast, little Haley proved that she comprehended the previous night's lesson. We watched as she marched right up to the porcelain angel, stared it right in the eyes, and with hands on her hips and pampered butt sticking out, she confidently remarked, "I NOT SCARED." Read More
Fourth Flatulence
Haley Jane: 20 months old We went to Lake Lunga to watch fireworks with our friends, the Fauth family, this Fourth of July. It was Haley's first (fully cognitive) Fourth of July and it was like nothing she had ever experienced before. The loud booms, the festive cackling of the fireworks. She was wide-eyed, just taking it in the whole night. The next day, she must have still been processing the events of the evening. After letting out a disturbingly loud amount of flatulence, her eyes got Read More
“Kid-Speak”
For the next couple of months, I'll be adding to the tab "Darndest Things" where I record all the cute things my kids have said and done. Hopefully they'll add a smile to your day. If you have subscribed using an RSS feed, they should show up just like Gracie's Story did. Speaking of Gracie's Story....part 1 is now complete. I will be taking a break from posting this story for awhile as I get feedback from others (Yes, this means you! Feel free to give any advice or suggestions), try to Read More
A Week In Wisconsin
All growing up, I lived in the same house that I came home from the hospital in back in 1980. When my parents became empty nesters and decided to move out to the country, I felt a little put off. How could they do this to me? My one source of stability in this ever changing world was to always COME HOME to 1608 Prospect Street where we had lived my entire life. Of course it's amazing out here. It Read More
“Gracie’s Story”–Check it out!
Just in case you haven't seen, I've been adding posts to the tab "Gracie's Story" two to three times a week and will continue to do so throughout the summer! I'm not always good at linking my new content on facebook, so be sure to bookmark (anniebgarman.com/gracies-story/ ) or SUBSCRIBE to me through your RSS feed. It's been both therapeutic and exhausting to relive it by writing it out, but I pray that my words will bring hope and encouragement to some. With that being said, if anyone you Read More
Some non-vulgar comments, anyone?
I have been getting approximately 25 comments a day on this new blog. All spam. Not just "buy a timeshare" spam, but I-can't-even-use-the-words-they-use-because-they-are-too-nasty spam. It's slightly depressing, but I just found a bunch of emails that people have sent from the "contact me" box on the home page. I am still learning how to use this whole thing. If you want to leave a comment, scroll back up to the top of the post where you'll see a dialouge cloud with a number in it (usually Read More
Getting to Know the New Blog
Okay, so my Dad doesn't know what to think of the new blog format. He says it's too hard to read. Now, I know that my Dad is not a huge fan of change and has owned the same gym bag for 43 years, but there are probably others who are of the same personality type. So, for those of you who need this tutorial, Let's spend today getting to know the new blog: 1. The HOME PAGE If you're looking to see if I've written anything new, don't get annoyed! You can just scroll down the main page to the Read More
Garmanization
Colby and I were in the kitchen the other day when he broke out with, “How crazy is it to have an ENTIRE PROCESS NAMED AFTER YOU?” I looked over my shoulder from the sink to see him reading the label on our gallon of milk. ”I mean, just imagine if WE had discovered the pasteurization process. Milk would be Garmanized; we would be a VERB.” Welcome to my corner of cyberspace. The purpose of this new website is not to make a name for myself (Brogan is my middle name, in case you're confused). Read More
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