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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

a friend to fish with

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living long distance from loved ones--friends and family--can be hard. more and more, i find myself missing those people for whom i care ...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

BLOOM even when you're [not] feeling planted

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i know it's only february, but this past week has felt a lot like spring in georgia. makes me a little anxious for all these trees ...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

the only one home today

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he's the only one home. today. officially. [finally]. the christmas-winter break is over.  no more vacationing. no more snowday...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

snowed in

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i was snowed in with all five of my kiddos today.  there was a time--when they were all little--that might have been hard, or at least ...
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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