More Milestones

The pomp and circumstance has begun. My third child is about to graduate high school. The past weeks have brought his 18th birthday, his completion of the Eagle rank in Boy Scouting, and now, all the end of the year events for seniors. Our family...

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Talismans

Today I'm feeling just a little anxious and restless so I've dressed myself in talismans. I have so much going on right now. All good of course, just all at once. One of those convergences. I'm also worrying along with friends with hard things going...

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Catching Up

Yesterday and today have been spent madly crossing things off my list. The good news is that I'm actually doing things before I cross them off the list, so things are, in fact, getting done. I have been tempted to just cross a few things off and pretend...

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They're Here!

The Lovely Couple arrived early Wednesday morning after a redeye from LA. I think they're still a bit jet-lagged. After they napped a bit, they ran errands and we visited and went to get some groceries. Yesterday was hanging out, watching the weather,...

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They're Coming!

Tomorrow I will see my son and meet his lovely bride-to-be for the first time, unless you count skype. I'm walking the line between going crazy getting the house ready and not wanting to be stressed and only trying to impress. Let's face it though, I...

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Opening Up

I got so mad at my daughter today of all days. She was still in bed when it was time to go.After my lovely breakfast, complete with singing and gifts. I lost my temper completely. It made my heart shrivel up and get hard and cold.Do you know what I...

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Unplanned Adorableness

We noticed after school the other day that my boys were dressed alike. It was completely unplanned. Of course I had to get some pictures.   In other news, I'm still sick and really tired of being so. It started last week with the virus-fever...

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Another Milestone

Today I'm thinking about how old I am, which is 43. I don't really feel any particular age-it occurs to me that years are very arbitrary and perhaps rather a crude tether for our earthly lives and that we are simultaneously young and old at the same...

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Milestone

I'm still unable to talk. I can use all my breath and make a sort of croaking sound, but still mostly whispering. The kids are getting a big kick out of the whole thing. They've figured out that they can say things like, "You're dumb, Mom," (get it?)...

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Whispers, Croaks and Baa-aas

I've lost my voice. I've caught a nasty little virus along with two of my kids and my voice was the first thing to go. That would have been sort of okay except that I worked all weekend and I work as a teacher. So, over the course of the weekend I got...

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