Yearly Archives: 2012

“Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.”                                                                                                                        — Cathy Allen We’re taking these final summer days and squeezing out every bit of fun we can.  There are memories to be made. . . Wishing you a Wednesday of simple pleasures that are transformed […]

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I’ve been anticipating it for months.  I’ve been counting down days, planning activities in my head, and dreaming of one of life’s most precious gifts. . . time. Chad took last week off work and we escaped town for a few days.  We went to the place that I still call home even though it […]

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What is 70 percent of 30? I just asked Chad. Nine, he answered.  Why? I have no idea, I answered with tears streaming and laughing hysterically, I just pulled that question out of the air.  That probably doesn’t sound very funny to you, but I could not stop laughing.  I really did have a specific […]

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. . . I think I would have to get someone to watch Meadow.  She really is as sweet as sweet can be.  She has a smile that can melt your heart.  She communicates in her own special way.  Oh, and that sideways glance she throws your way when shes feeling shy. . . I’m […]

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. . . if I ask really nicely. . . would Mary Oliver come to my house for lunch?  I would love to meet the soul that produced such beautiful words as these. . . “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the […]

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