Life
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
This week’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge is to show “Nostalgic.” You can see the post here. I thought books, especially old books like this set on our shelf, would work. Have a nice weekend! Continue reading
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Gram’s Patriotism
Happy 4th of July! I wanted to share a quick post tonight about my paternal grandmother, Dorothy. Her life was a story, but tonight I want to share something I learned about her in her death. When “Gram” died a couple of years ago at the age of 88, she had planned her entire funeral… Continue reading
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What Inspires You?
Inspiration is defined as “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” I’ve read and re-read that definition about ten times while staring at the blinking cursor here and it wasn’t until the tenth time that I realized how incredible it is to be inspired. That something,… Continue reading
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Companionable
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge is to show “Companionable.” You can see the post (and cute pictures of dogs) here. That’s JC and M. playing with the hose in our backyard. We had two kids so that they would have each other. Though they share the same blood, they are as different as day and… Continue reading
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Picky Eaters
Is your kid the kid who won’t eat at the picnic because he doesn’t like hot dogs? Who refuses the pizza at the pizza party? Who has a diet that resembles a supermodel? Welcome to the club! I have a kid like that too. JC didn’t start off as a picky eater. In the highchair… Continue reading
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100th Post!
After starting this blog with a sprint from the starting line on January 3, 2013, I now crawl over the 100 post milestone, almost six months later. So what have I learned from blogging? Well, I’ve read that most blogs die around six months. I’ve definitely slowed down, but I’m not dead by far. I… Continue reading
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Rain and Poop
While stopped at a light on my evening commute, this happened: Yep, that’s bird poop. I immediately thought of all of you (no offense) and wondered how I could relate the disgusting Trenton bird poop incident to my day for your blog reading entertainment. As I mentally drafted my post, I wallowed in word play… Continue reading
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Just Checking In . . .
I’ve been thinking about my 100th post for the past twenty posts, but I can’t quite seem to make it over that finish line! This is post number 98 I believe, and I haven’t posted since Saturday’s quick pic from JC’s swim lesson. I can read your minds. You’re thinking, What is going on over… Continue reading
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Multi-tasking
Swim class, editing, morning coffee, blogging. Hey, forty-five minutes is forty-five minutes. I take what I can get. Enjoy the minutes of your weekend! Continue reading
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“Yeah Blue, I’ve Got Two!”
This week my soon-to-be eight-year-old son M. performed in his school play. About a month or two ago we started getting handouts with song lyrics and dates and scripts. A quick review of the script revealed a line highlighted in blue for M. to practice. Our M., who has autism, had a speaking part! He… Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 