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Every year I make a promise to myself (and to Chad).  It goes something like this:  Next year I am going to be more prepared.  Next year, October will not beat me.  Next year, I’ll do better. I will purchase birthday gifts in August, I will write birthday blogs in September, I will decide on […]

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It’s hard to believe.  So hard to believe. It’s been 10 years. Ten years since our lives changed.  Ten years since our hearts were cracked wide open and a kind of love we never knew existed was born.  Ten years since the world looked different–more beautiful and more scary all at the same time. It’s […]

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Three little pumpkins currently sit on our kitchen table.  Their bright orange color accented by drawings beautifully representing each of our three children. A smirky, scary face crafted by Charlie, a little girl with long hair artfully drawn by Chanelle, flanked by her neatly written name, and for Meadow–a circle with four lines reaching from […]

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I forget a lot of things.  Where is my phone?  What time are we supposed to be at the soccer game?  What was the name of that gentleman we met yesterday?  Where did I put the mayo? Shoot, I needed to buy milk at the grocery store.  How do I get to fourth street?  Are […]

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We do life together. We parent together. We run together. We work together. We eat together. We sleep together (literally, we sleep in the same bed, so get your mind out of the gutter). But as I continue to age, she continues to mature. She continues to find herself, stretch herself, grow herself, become comfortable […]

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