Tag: Family
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A House Rule
The other day my Uncle John sent me an email regarding a job he would never want. I immediately knew it would be a dream job for my husband and all three boys. I wrote back to Uncle John saying: Unfortunately, I think all my guys would love that. Our house rule is that they…
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Papa Doug
In a world where families are constantly ripped apart, I was blessed with three, yes three, amazing grandfathers. Leon and John were blood grandfathers who died several decades ago. And Doug, the third one, and technically a step-grandfather, died this week. I learned about it on Facebook when my cousin Audrey wrote: Papa told the…
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Happy Birthday to my Man
This is quite possibly one of the most temperate birthdays this February baby has ever had in his 53 (gasp!) years. And while we still have a few hours left to go, so far it’s pretty close to perfection. The plan was for him to have a Mario Kart marathon with Hudi, Zeb, Bri and Lauren,…
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A Digital Mini Time Capsule
Last week my friend and co-worker, Pam, posted a cute blog post in which she asked her kids questions, and they answered. She opened by saying it was a meme going around Facebook. Remembering the past, I dredged up a link to the trend from 2009 and pulled up my own kids’ answers (different questions,…
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Seconds – Poetry Day 4
Unimportant as it may seem, a split second can change our lives in ways we can never imagine. So today, write about the basic unit of time, seconds. Reflect on those few seconds when a loved one was in a life-and-death situation. … So the assignment today was pretty tough for me. I knew immediately which second…
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Reflections – Poetry Day 2
Clear or distorted, in your poem today tell us something about the reflections you see — in the world or in yourself. Last Thursday, our son (who looks like me and thinks like me) Walked out our door. Onto a plane. Into the real world. He was ready. Believe it or not, so were we.…
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We Helped Make History
There are many things I love about this rural area I have come to call my home. One of our greatest treasures is our library. Run almost entirely by volunteers, it’s the one in which we hold our WordPress meetups. Yesterday it moved. Not by itself, of course. And not the building, really. To be more precise…
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Zeb's Last Year as a Teen
Yeah, he was cute as a little guy (says this totally un-biased mamma). But he’s even more awesome now! How do kids do that? They just keep getting better and better… Anyway, I digress. Today is our Zebulon’s 19th birthday. And we are so thankful for him. Zeb’s sense of adventure and eagerness to…