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30 New Things

Painfully Honest Moment: Winter is really hard for me. Especially after Christmas is over Photo credit: TexasEagle Everything turns gray, and I feel it in my bones. The sky is gray and distant, and the...

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How to Win at Trunk or Treat

Paint a beard on your cute baby and borrow as much of your cousin’s hunting gear as you can pack in your minivan. Bam Aaand have an awesome husband that will talk to kids in a southern accent, and help...

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October Through the iPhone

October was big for us, but I’m not exactly sure how just yet. Things have been unsure and unstable – in my heart at least – but we’re moving again and the horizon is starting to take shape. All month...

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Song for a Mommy

So last week I decided it would be fun to sit down and update Song for a Fifth Child. You know the one: ” … I’m rocking my baby, and babies don’t keep.” It’s a beautiful poem that has given mommies...

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Autumn Colors Resurrection

We’ve had some really nice autumn afternoons the past couple of weeks, and we have not taken them for granted. The garden is put to bed. We’ve laid in the cool grass, and taken long walks to the...

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Thanksgiving Eve

So tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It’s like the opening games of The Holiday Season, especially on the side of my family that celebrates all three grandsons’ birthdays (plus one great-grandson, now) in...

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30 New Things Round-Up

My strategy for surviving winter this year – without succumbing to the melancholy of that viscous grayness that clings to everything – is 30 New Things. The original idea is here, but it’s basically...

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13 Gifts That Give Back

It’s the season for gifting, and I love it. I love giving and receiving. I love the thoughtful purchase, the loving home-mades, the useful gift cards. I love finding that perfect thing, and I love it...

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November Through the iPhone

November managed to completely sneak by me. Too fast to photograph, apparently. At least too fast to photograph well. The few that I do have tell a story that I’m not excited to narrate. Our theme for...

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How to Make a Minivan Fly

It’s early Saturday afternoon, and I am M+26, or so, in the Great War. Russia’s advance has splintered and is being utterly crushed by the German army. Somewhere in the background music is blaring from...

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December Through the iPhone

New Year’s Eve, husband and I sat in bed, watching a movie on the MacBook, dozing on an off (mostly me), and playing on our phones. When midnight struck, we shook our fists in the air to send it off,...

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January Through the iPhone

I know, I know: Who even remembers January? I only do because I have pictures. Pictures of new adventures and a wide-eyed toddler, because January was mostly about the view. The view from the front...

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February Through the iPhone

I’m sure it’s obvious by now that I’m having a hard time keeping up with the pace of life these days. We’re half-way through March? Come on. To be perfectly honest, I was tired last night as I edited...

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One Year Later

Dear Dad, Can you believe it? It’s been a year since you’ve been gone. If someone corrected me, showed me how I was reading the calendar wrong, and pointed out that’s really only been a month, I would...

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Greater Than Irony

There will forever be two days each year that feel like the anniversary of the day we said Goodbye (for now) to my dad – March 31 and Easter Sunday. Because in 2013, they were the same day. And months...

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#redballoonsforryan

Photo credit: Jacob Esben H. I added my small voice to the chorus of love and support for Jacqui and her family in the wake of their tragic loss on Instagram this morning, but I wanted to do more. From...

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May Through the iPhone

It’s June. It’s summer. It’s time for picnics and pet squirrels and cloth diapers on the clothesline. Wait, that was May. We had adventures in May. First bike ride. First tree-climbing (kind of). Lots...

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Confessions of a Rookie Doula: Amy’s Birth Story

Amy was due June 2, but she was a rookie too, so when June 2 came and went with no serious contractions no one was very surprised. On the evening of the fifth, she texted me about some slightly more...

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Exploring Slowly

Photo Cred: Raynna Myers (@LittleYellowFlower) We woke up Monday morning and went upstairs to have breakfast with our new friends before setting off in search of an adventure. It’s one of our favorite...

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June Photo-Dump: Beautiful Chaos

I know, I know – It’s August. I know … *sigh* … Oh, June. Who remembers June? Friends and food. Summer is a sure thing for good food and good friends. Strawberries from our garden. Farmer’s markets in...

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