Category: Family
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Happy 22, CJ
Not so sure when this happened. Little guy to awesome man. When you were a squalling little one, Aunt Anne commented that with a newborn we were under seige, playing on your nickname. I do think you took our hearts captive. Your passion for music, game creation, and your enthusiasm for teaching others is inspiring, […]
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Thoughts on the Blood Moon
While I was blown away by the beauty of the moon and stars last night, I think my favorite part of the eclipse was knowing that so many people I love – all around the world – were looking at the same moon and appreciating it, too. It made me feel closer to my loved […]
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Hudi Turns Sixteen
He stands over half a foot taller than I, but he will always be my baby (as are his brothers). I’m not certain when my youngest child morphed into a young man, but it happened. His zeal for life is inspiring. Whether he is teaching people how to snowboard and ski, mowing lawns for neighbors, […]
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Treasure in the Southern end of Appalachia
All we wanted to do was sit and relax and see their world at the other end of Appalachia… To our great delight, this is exactly what happened.
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Zeb Goes to College. Year Two.
I’m not sure why my heart feels like it’s so far away when he’s only 45 minutes in driving distance and has been gone all summer anyway. It was a lovely 24 hrs when he was home. I am proud of the man he is becoming.
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What is Ten Minutes?
That’s a question that hit me hard about a decade ago. I was a freelance writer, struggling to balance writing time and parenting three young kids. It seemed that whenever I got in a writing flow, I was interrupted. Either that, or I would find I had a few minutes of quiet between events, but […]
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Ten Days in Dempster
I spent August 6-16 in a church camp in northern NY. We do this once a year, staying in a cabin with my mother-in-law. Other in-laws join for parts of the week, and we get to hang out with friends we only see a few times of year. It’s a time where we celebrate our […]
