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June 2, 2025
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October 26, 2016
The Crushing Anxiety of Belonging

I can distinctly remember the first time I had that horrible feeling of being left out.   I wasn’t invited to a popular girl's birthday party in junior high and everyone else was. I remember wondering what I needed to change about myself to get invited? What was wrong with me that nobody wanted me […]

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August 5, 2015
Birth Story

Women love a birth story. I mean it, we can’t get enough. We watch YouTube videos of births, we read stories about them, we listen to each other’s tales in person, and we watch them on TV. We live for the experience, the excitement, the suspense, the drama, and then the ultimate payoff, the sweet […]

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January 22, 2014
What's in a Name?

"You guys always pick black names." This ridiculous statement is something we have heard on countless occasions. Don't get it twisted either, we have heard it more from friends who are black than from others by far.  It's motivated by association and it has always got me thinking about what they really mean? Where do […]

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November 19, 2013
The Quiet Demise of Handwriting

When I was younger, before there were cell phones, laptops, tablets etc...I used pen and pencil to write.  I loved writing so much I would make lists of things I had already done just to have something to write and satisfyingly cross out. Scraaatccchhh. Oh what a satisfying feeling sharp pencil dragging across paper is […]

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November 19, 2013
Get a Room!

It is a little scary to have people tell you they admire your marriage.  A huge compliment! but scary as well because we all know, married or not, how fragile relationships are. Sometimes I worry the admiration will jinx us.  Relationships can turn in a instant, often when only one of you is aware and […]

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November 19, 2013
Milestones

Milestones have been around since ancient Rome. They were actual stones placed along the road to both reassure travelers that they were still on the right road and to show how far they had come, or how far they had left to go. Humans count birthdays as a living milestone, each culture revering a different […]

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March 26, 2013
I Could've Been A Contender

I'm entertaining the idea of taking the boys out of 'traditional' public education and schooling them at home. Homeschooling. Holy cow that word conjures up very different images in peoples minds doesn't it? Typically the odd images occur to those least acquainted with the subject.  I myself am guilty of a fair bit of supposition […]

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January 13, 2013
Lost in the Stacks...of Kindles?

Ever since I was 5 and could read on my own I have had my head in books. And I'm not alone!  It seems despite what is indicated by the demise of Border's, and possible demise of Barnes and Noble, that everyone is still in love with reading.  One need only visit said bookstore on […]

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January 8, 2013
My Next House is Going To Be a Hobbit Hole

Did you know that there are actually people who live in real Hobbit holes?  Surprisingly they aren't all living in a Tolkien inspired fantasy world of second breakfast and random trips to visit the Elves. Their motives are actually very green and focused on sustainable living.  And miraculous feats of architecture have been achieved! And to […]

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