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Thursday, December 21, 2017

adoption and christmas

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7 years ago and her first christmas home. i can't perfectly explain it, but somehow experiencing adoption that year made the christm...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

o christmas tree, o christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches?

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Be honest, are you an ornament re-arranger, like me? I’ve denied it for years, but the truth is, when the little ones leave the room I pr...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

every, every minute of it

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20 years ago today, one of my former students lost her mother to colon cancer. this morning she posted these words about her mom, pixie: ...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

back entrances

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it was an i-didn’t-hear-my-alarm kind of morning. my daughter (and driver) woke up late and wouldn’t be able to get herself and her fresh...
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Friday, November 17, 2017

i've got this

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our fourth born started high school this fall. i won’t call him “my baby,” but until bella came along, he certainly was. i guess we could ...
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Monday, July 24, 2017

son-flowers

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last week i kinda dragged my college boy to a sunflower farm. yes i did. we were driving home after dropping off the youngest ...
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Sunday, July 16, 2017

family issues

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our family has its issues. i don’t know if it’s because we’ve all been home a lot this summer or it's the southern heat and humidi...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

the passenger seat

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he sits there each morning like the success of our carpool mission depends entirely on him. with eyes never leaving the road ahead, my co-...
Friday, February 17, 2017

an inspection, our electrician and my much needed introspection

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buying and selling a home--though exciting in some ways--make no mistake, is not for the faint of heart. especially the inspection part...