Monthly Archives: January 2014

I often think back to the early days of this space.  The first time I pushed past my Jitters, braved it, and clicked the “Publish Post” button was a monumental day.  I didn’t know it then, but I know now, that day was the beginning of stepping into a new me. Those early days of […]

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He wore orange and black tiger print sweat pants on Sunday afternoons. He’s a faithful Cincinnati Bengal fan.  (He will show you his bald head as proof of his lifelong devotion.) I remember the day when there was a bad play (or a bad call?) and he got so mad he threw the piece of […]

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We were getting ready to begin the (hour long) process of getting Meadow to go to sleep for the night.  Charlie and Chanelle were already in bed and I laid Meadow down on the living room floor to change her diaper.  As I took the diaper off, I noticed that it was very light in […]

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I resisted the invitation for an entire week.  Back and forth my head would shake as I sent him on his way, trailed by three kids who were enthusiastic to participate.  The selfish part of me enjoyed the quiet and stole away to blog or edit or, well, enjoy a bit of quiet.  I heard […]

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I built it up.  I did.  Really, I should have known better.  I should have known that most things I get excited about don’t typically turn out how I plan.  But still, I talked it up.  I showed pictures, I made my own solution, I even got the help of my oh-so-kind FIL who trekked […]

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