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Motherhood
Birthday Cheer
I awoke this morning to the sound of the front door closing and the rustling of grocery bags. My husband must have made an extremely early run to a grocery store while my son and I were still asleep. Groggily, I heard my son pitter patter into my room and open and close a drawer [...]
It’s Hard to Say Goodbye
Calvin didn’t want to leave me to go to preschool. On the days I leave in the morning for work, he tries to bar the door with his body, so I can’t leave. Or he’ll hug my leg as I try to walk through the entry way. The final blow is delivered when he’s scooped [...]
Four
Dearest Calvin, Has it been four years already? Your vivaciousness for the up side of life and laughter is so contagious–you get yourself into non-stop giggles with an infectious aura that brightens up any room or public place. Forward rolls, log rolls, swimming pool leaps and underwater swims–your boundless energy seems never-ending–just like your beautiful [...]
Playing Catch {Up}
How did you spend Memorial day weekend? Did you take advantage of shopping sales at local retailers? Did you hang out by the pool with you family? Did you barbecue a picnic feast and cool off with watermelon and mint tea? We did a little of everything mentioned above. Yet, in the midst of the [...]
Emergence of Spring
Temperatures in the low seventies . . . fresh buds emerging on fruit trees . . . delicate bursts of color on pink crepe myrtles and yellow broom blossoms. Part of the balance of life as a working mom is sometimes you have to just LIVE life, and not follow the checklist or to-do list. [...]
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