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Sometimes it Helps to Sigh Deeply

8:00 am – two little boys climbed into my bed for snuggle time. Fell asleep. 8:30 am – Announced that we really had to get moving and have breakfast because today is Tuesday and that means morning piano lessons. 9:00 am – Asked The Manager and...

Hug Your Kids For Me, Wouldja?

A dear dear friend just let me know that her son died this morning. He had been fighting cancer for years, and today lost that battle. To my knowledge, Jeremy was 25 years old. That’s too young to die. If you’re the praying type, could you remember my...

Have You Honked at Your Children Lately?

We’ve had a surprising number of groups of Canada Geese flying overhead the past few days and boy are they noisy. It’s amazing how much honking they do as they fly. Conventional wisdom is that they’re encouraging the leader to keep going. Just for...

What Kind of Parent Do You Want To Be?

I’ve been thinking more lately about what I would love my home to look like 5 years from now. The older boys would be 15 by then, and I’ve been realizing that I have a pretty clear picture in my head of what kind of Mom I want to be…what kind of...