Our darling baby girl turned two last week. We celebrated. We sang. We clapped. I cried, as everyone expected. And if you’ve been reading this blog for more than a minute, then you know that my crying over my children was never a question in the first place.
So whether I want her to be or...
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I’m not very good at making time for myself. I know I should. It’s not healthy to always give and go and never take time out to rest your body, feed your soul, nourish your spirit. I’m not good at carving out those moments for myself (except for my all-too-frequent ADD episodes of getting lost...
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And their Daddy’s too. I was out of town last weekend, the first time I’d ever left my babies for more than a single night. I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to see their sweet (funny) faces again when I returned!!
I could just kiss his cheeks off.
I missed this sweet face...
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I have started many a blog entry recently, only to save it to drafts and never finish it… then I’d come back and restart a new post… save that one to draft, etc. And guess how many I’ve actually published? ;) I think I’ve gotten a little bogged down with various projects and different things,...
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I’d shopped and ran errands all day. The backache nagged me. Went home, made a pot of vegetable beef soup (Chris’s favorite), still with the backache. Swollen feet, tired legs. So much to do. Too tired to finish any more of it. I made Chris and myself bowls of soup and I followed him to...
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It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, in that carseat that seemed to swallow him whole. Tiny blue onesie. Sleepy blue eyes. Itty-bitty cry.
Today, he turned five. And I am feeling a little bittersweet. So sad to think he’ll be starting Kindergarten this fall. Yet so proud to see...
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I love this child like you would not believe. The way he talks (that sweet Southern drawl gets me every time). His lanky not-a-baby-anymore stride, swinging his arms and humming. The sparkle in his eye while he tries to sneak another cracker before dinner. His pride in his accomplishments… “I did...

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