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After the early morning flurry of getting the older two out the door and onto the bus, I reached into the refrigerator and gingerly slid out the cool, glass baking dish covered with a layer of plastic wrap and tinfoil. It was Sophia’s birthday and I was dropping...
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Saturday morning our kids were all away at sleep-overs. John got up early and brought two cups of coffee back to bed. When I stirred from my nest of sheets and sun, he asked, “Are you ready to hear about what I saw this morning?” I guess I must have been...
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Sophia asked for art supplies for her tenth birthday and a friend dropped off a huge bag filled to overflowing a few days later. “I should’ve asked for art supplies for my birthday!” I said, admittedly jealous. She opened them that night and sprawled them...
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Resilience Across the street winter rye, tall and green, shimmers and ripples in the breeze. Heavy rains bend random patches, large swaths flattened like giant deer beds. A thunder storm with wind and rain beats down long rows across the street. ...
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(That’s my girl. She turned 10 this Friday!) I’m up to my eyeballs in laundry when my almost ten-year-old pops into the room. She’s been outside jumping, running, and playing with her brothers while I whirl between cooking dinner and the endless...
