My Christmas decorations are displayed. My Christmas cards are delivered. My Christmas shopping is not done. It gets harder and harder to find the perfect gift for my teenage […]
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Guess what I can do with a 102 degree fever? Several loads of laundry. Make dinner. Help with homework. Do the dishes. More laundry. Sign permission slips. Write a […]
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Currently a friend of mine is walking through a deep valley in her life. I feel fairly helpless. My assistance is so profoundly insufficient. Because the only way out […]
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It’s happening. I knew this day would come. I’m grateful it didn’t come sooner. I’m still not ready. My son, once carried inside my body, but now more than a […]
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We are bird watchers and bird lovers in my family, grateful to live in an area where there is often a nest of baby somethings in one of our […]
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Twenty-five years ago I had a plan to change the world. It began unfolding in the middle of a spectacular course (you may have to trust me on […]
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I literally sent my son into the wilderness the day before yesterday. The wilderness. Where the bears live. In a foreign country. He’s spending a week canoeing the Canadian […]
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Ugh. School is starting again soon. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of being educated, I just miss my boys and our unstructured time together when the […]
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I did something really ugly this week. Fortunately, I didn’t get away with it. Thanks to the wonders of cyberspace, I got caught talking behind someone’s back […]
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I know I’m not supposed to because of all kinds of reasons, but I love fairy tales. And, I like the versions with beautiful princesses with good taste in […]
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