I’d like to get off this ride now…..I think I might throw up

Forgive me friends for popping in and out and running around like a loon, and not visiting you as frequently as I so want to, it’s just that I have to - do laundy cleanup the kitchen pick up kids take them to haircuts baseball practice go to parent teacher conferences sew on a button feed the [...]

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Pearl

I said goodbye to my grandmother this week.  She is still here, but not for long.  She had a massive stroke, and they have removed her IVs.  So it is only a matter of time.  I visited her, and stroked her face and hair as she lay there sleeping.  And I whispered in her ear [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine Favorites, originally uploaded by smoothpebble.
I almost let my favorite holiday get past me. I borrowed some flickr favorites to wish everyone a Happy Love Day! May LOVE find it’s way to you!

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Tidbits

These three pictures are of a plant called bittersweet.  And for me being a mom is a bittersweet experience.  I know it is the rightful progression of things for the boys to grow up, but it’s also (for me anyway) a bit of daily grieving.  With every new stage of growth and change my heart [...]

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Gratitude Day #1 & #2

I’m so grateful to be a mom and especially that all my guys are still affectionate and like hugs and hair tousling and shoulder rubs and that even though they are 10, 13, and 16 they still like to hang on me.

My morning cup of coffee – thankful, thankful, thankful!  It’s as much the ritual [...]

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A little vacation

Does this picture seem out of place amongst all the gorgeous fall photos seen on the interwebs?  And it’s certainly out of place considering that I started this post wearing my new fleece jammies (with polar bears on them that will in no way -ZIP-NADA- inspire any romantic notions whatsoever and by January the whole family [...]

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