The goal was romantic. What I didn’t take into account were injuries. I guess I figured I’d be hurting. After all, I hate the sport. But my husband loves it. It’s always been his release. So I never expected to be able to do more than him. Yet suddenly he was in major pain, and […]
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The Christmas story never grows old, does it? –Probably because it keeps speaking to us no matter where we are in life. I was honored to have some of those thoughts, “A Light in Our Darkness,” published as a guest post on BeautifullyBroken.blog. In the midst of all the last minute preparations for Christmas, take a second
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Anybody else LOVING the colors of the season? I drive around town and just want to pull over every two seconds to take pictures! The only thing that stops me is I’m afraid people will start calling the cops because “this crazy lady is taking pictures of their yard.” That and the fact that sooner
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For those of you waiting for news of our marathon training, it’s been uphill and down—perhaps more figuratively than literally because, hey, we live in the Midwest. No, our town’s not as flat as some places, but once when my daughter was learning to drive, we had to practice proper wheel turns for parking on
The Marathon of Marriage: When You Have to Run in the Dark… Read More »
He gave a speech. He thanked his teachers. He thanked his dad and me. He thanked the people giving him the award. And then he thanked his twin sister. For their almost eighteen years together. He paused, looked down, then said to her, “It’s hard to think of our possibly being separated next year for
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She got hacked. Everyone who knows my daughter knows she doesn’t go anywhere without a book. Her case in a nutshell? Abibliophobia: the fear of running out of reading material Yep, she’d be close… So when I saw this post from her Facebook account, I knew someone had hacked her page…or she’d been taken over by
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She wrapped her presents with her eyes closed. Why we didn’t wait until Dad got home to do it, I couldn’t tell you. It meant no disrespect for him; he’d obviously helped us buy them. But each birthday and Mother’s Day, we stood on a stool by the washing machine and made Mom close her
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I’ll never forget the FIRST first day of school–Kindergarten–whether it was my first child, my fifth child, or the three in between! So many hopes, so many dreams, so many questions… with the first and foremost being, Are they ready?
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Being Mom means sacrifice. That’s a no-brainer. But when we ignore the unique mom that we were created to be, we cheat ourselves AND our kids. My second article at MightyMoms.club is addressed to moms of little ones, but, truthfully, those 5 tips are for ALL moms. You were beautifully and wonderfully made! Let your kids experience your gifts and
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