Joy
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Summer Nights These Days
(Author’s note: I wrote this before my Covid symptoms and testing. Summer nights in quarantine look very different right now…) With summer here, our days have become even less structured than they were…
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10/10: Beach Favorites
10 of my favorite things about the beach I love my beach chair. It’s nothing special, but it’s low to the sand and super comfortable and it makes me happy. Beach sunsets. Watching…
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My Neighborhood Library Box
You guys. On Mother’s Day this year, Chris and the kids gave me the best gift EVER. For weeks, they had been secretly building me a neighborhood library box for our yard! Have…
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I went to Key West and all I got was this tattoo…
Last week, I was working with a school district in North Carolina. Friday afternoon, instead of flying home to Orlando, though, I flew to Key West, where I met Chris and our best…
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Report from the Homefront
I feel like a do a pretty good job of telling it like it is around here. When we struggle, I share. When we fall short, I share. When we face challenges, I…
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An Uplifting Update
Hello! I’m sorry I came on here and dropped a big marriage bomb and then disappeared. It was strictly circumstantial because of work travel and not anything to worry about, but thank you…
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Top Ten Tuesday
First, thank you all so much for your support and encouragement after my last post. It filled my heart and gave me confidence to just keep going. And thank you again for giving…
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It’s Good to Take a Break from Yourself
I am not a big music person. Chris is, so I tend to just listen to whatever he is listening to (mostly because he hijacks the music and I have no choice). But…
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Wheat Rice and Pillow Talk
Last night I served asparagus, salmon, and brown rice to my family. It went over about as well as you can imagine. But the worst offender was CHRIS! THE ADULT. I kept giving…
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Happy 8th Birthday, Bean!
Yesterday Bean Man turned 8 years old. He was lucky this year and his birthday happened to fall on the first day of summer vacation, which was a coincidence that definitely needed to…
