Yearly Archives: 2011

Just the other day I was sitting in the passenger seat of of the car next to Chad.  The kids were in the backseat and squealing with delight as the car slowly made its way through a car wash.  Water splattered the car and soap suds meandered their way down the windshield.  Out of the […]

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“Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be.” -Walt Whitman Is it really August?  Have we seriously passed through two thirds of the summer months?  Wasn’t it just yesterday when we got the sprinkler out for […]

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Our house is currently in a bit of disarray.  Charlie’s room has been cleared of all furniture as we prepare for the changes that will come with our newest family member. Our living room has become the storage spot for every item in Charlie’s room and I have spent my days turning a deliberate blind […]

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I remember sitting in our kitchen sometime during my preteen or early teen years and watching my Dad have a conversation with my brother.  My brother was two years older than me he was standing on the precipice of the dramatic high school dating scene.  I remember my Dad being very specific with my brother […]

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“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream and an angel in black tights came to me and said, ‘You can start any time now,’ and then I asked ‘Is this a sign?’ and the angel started laughing and I woke up. Now, […]

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