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If I had known it was the last hug...
Taken December 13, 2009If I had known that it was the last hug I would ever give you on this side - I wouldn't have let go. I would have clung to you like my very life depended on it. Three years ago,...
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Did you know that kids grow up?
Did you know that kids grow up to be young adults? Sounds completely obvious, right? Somehow, I never much thought about this when I was a younger parent. I guess I thought a little bit more about the...
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Advent Calendars
Talking to Savannah about her chocolate advent calendar because she askedwhen Christmas was while we were watching tv tonight.Me - Why don't you know what day it is? You have an advent calendar.Her -...
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Creative Memories Scrapbooking Software May Have Just Saved My Sanity
Back in the summer of 2010, I ordered the Creative Memories Scrapbooking software. Honestly, at the the time, I was not even remotely thinking clearly. I just remember seeing it had went on sale from...
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So, I'm not a gardener...
From our garden back in 2009I don't have a green thumb. I don't really like gardening. I'm not a gardener, but the good news is my husband is! He loves growing things. Here is the thing... I love...
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My parents and their agape love...
The message in church this morning was about marriages. I was sitting next to my mom and I was thinking not only about my marriage, but about my parents' marriage. As we drove home from church, my mom...
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Tears - not always sad - some come from joy
Over these past couple of years, I have become quite the crier. If you asked my brother when I was a kid - he would have told you that I cried about something every single day. I distinctly recall him...
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Milkshake Economics 101
Here is our economics lesson for the day... Savannah and I wanted chocolate milkshakes. Now I could have just went to McD's, but it has been an expensive month going to be followed by 2 more expensive...
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My version of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie with Ordering from Rainbow Resource
Ordering just one curriculum item from Rainbow Resource has somehow become my own personal version of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie... It goes something like if you are going to order, you should order...
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A 20 year old card from my mom for my 21st birthday...
My mom gave me this card on my 21st birthday. Its been hanging on my refrigerator actually refrigerators - I think it has been through 6 refrigerators since then. I cannot believe it has been 20 years....
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School is out - year 14 of homeschooling is complete...
This was her classroom of choice on a warm January day.I have been puttering around my house this week. Cleaning a bit, decluttering a bit, taking a minute here and there to really look at some old...
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Fear and Motivation
So, I know I don't blog as often as I would like. There is always something else to keep me busy, but blog posts still roll around my mind. Today, the topic of FEAR came to me. I have written about my...
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Plans...
In case you don't know this about me... I am a planner. I love plans. I love checklists. I love marking things off all neat and tidy. I also have a very strange love of amortization tables and seeing...
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Why we won't let him quit...
I haven't blogged in over a year. I don't know if this is ME blogging again or not. Facebook destroyed my blogging days because I now blog in popcorn posts. Some part of me wants a blog, a place where...
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Savannah's first job... oh, but so much more than that!
This morning I set my alarm for 7am. That was the time Savannah said she would need to get up to start her first job today. She said she had set her alarm, but I thought just maybe she would sleep...
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Christmas Letter 2014
Your long awaited Christmas book has arrived! Pull up a chair and relax! It’s that time of year again!Let’s start with Sebastian! He is a double digit midget this year! My youngest baby is 10! And with...
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Harry Potter... One little book - so many memories...
"If there is one thing that Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been...
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"Crazy House Lady"
Have you heard about this app called Time Hop? It shows you your facebook posts on the same day in years past. It is pretty neat to see what you were up to years ago. My time hop told me, yesterday,...
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Before you judge me for letting my 16 year old get a tattoo... please read...
Savannah got her first tattoo tonight. Her dad and I took her just like we went with Timmy to get his first tattoo. And some of you out there are at this very moment saying out loud or in your head,...
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It's not about fear... it's about living.
I was asked a few days ago if I felt ready to leave my kids for an adult only trip. Ready meaning had my fear finally gone away since Timmy dying. It was funny. Because on one hand, the fear is always...
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The day the soldiers came...
I have rolled these things over and over in my mind for 5 years. Like a bad dream that comes only it is not when I am sleeping. It is most often when I am driving alone or late at night when everyone...
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The path...
Immersed in a Harry Potter add on book over dinner.I have been a homeschool mom since Savannah was 10 months old. When I started way, way back then, Timmy was in 5th grade. We knew we had to change...
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Christmas Letter 2015
Hello again. I am sitting on my porch on this crazy, warm, December day and I am thinking about this 26th letter. Some know all the stuff that goes on in our day to day life thanks to Facebook. I...
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Christmas Letter 2016
It’s me again… yes, another year and another letter. I know that nobody really does cards and letters anymore. I should quit too, but it makes me sad that it is a lost gift. I always think of a...
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Christmas Letter 2017
Finally making time towrite my letter… hope you enjoy reading…Sebastian is a teenager with growing taller and changing voice and all that Peter Brady stuff. He is busy with co-op classes, robotics...
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