I think you’ll enjoy this one - recapping Stellar’s first four months of life.
Make sure you’ve got the volume up for this.

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If you liked that post, check out…Pouring sunlight on the streets… by Lon on January 11th, 2006Nobody loves me… by Lon on [...]

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What if the whole earth was actually filled with the glory of God?
What if all of creation is groaning and hoping for even more beauty yet to be revealed?
What if since the beginning of time all creation has been screaming out that there is more to life than the visible?
* You can read a bit [...]

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When God created us as creative beings, he must’ve known that we were going to make a mess of things.
Attempting to creatively teach creativity for me had its share of unfortunate incidences as well.
I should have known better that with candles and crayons available people would’ve put the creatively put the two together and caused [...]

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We interrupt our current series on Creativity with a new episode of “Am I smiling?”
So I went to walmart to get new passport photos (when I really should have went to costco for half the price).
I’m told my writing on my sweatshirt is not allowed. I take it off.
I’ve got a white t-shirt on [...]

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Entering the room - I tried to create an environment that was different from any thing people were use to. Lights were shut off. Candles were scattered. Tables were covered with kraft paper from Montana’s Restaurant. Crayons were distributed for doodling. Music like U2’s “City of Blinding Lights” played.
I did [...]

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I’ve been speaking at Teen’s Conference over the last few days. Looking into the eyes of these incredible emerging adults, I had forgotten how lost I was when I was their age.
- thoughts of ending my life secretly plagued me
- I mocked anyone who wanted to do anything significant with their life
- my journals [...]

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Years back as a young punk kid, a friend and I stole some video games downtown.
Even worst, we put it in the backpack of another friend, without telling him. I remember sweating as I watched him prance through the metal detectors completely oblivious he was carrying our stolen goods.
Needless to say my friend wasn’t [...]

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Stellar has a bib that says “Saturday” across it. Look carefully at what it says when the car seat straps are around her.

It says “turd”! Someone else pointed this out at a baby shower party we were at.
Here are some other pictures with her new friend Cayden.

If you liked that post, check out…Merry [...]

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Many people have been commenting on my Faux-Hawk recently. To be quite honest, since I shaved my head, my hair just started growing back this way. I wake up, and there it is. I’ve never put any product in it. I didn’t even know what a faux-hawk was [...]

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I couldn’t care less about Valentine’s day, but I sure do care about my wife. This year I went all out and took her to Susur. Susur Lee has a number of accolades including top ten chef in the world, with the number one restaurant in Toronto, and one of the top fifty [...]

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