Tag: Personal
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August 9th is World Book Lover’s Day!
August 9 is World Book Lover’s Day. I have enjoyed reading since I was a small child. I frequently got in trouble with my parents for staying up to read via flashlight, and I once had the highest number of Accelerated Reader points in my middle school. I still love to read, but I find…
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Something More Saturday: Back to school thoughts and reflections
My children have exactly two weeks of summer left, and I have slightly more- four weeks. What usually happens is the kids go back to school, I get bored and lonely, so I end up going back to work early. This is not a bad thing, as there is plenty to be done before school…
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Life updates…and where do we go from here?
Last month, when school let out, I found myself coming off of a highly stressful school year, wrestling with whether I should change jobs, and also undergoing medical testing for breast cancer. I took a month off from blogging to rest, regroup and try to process it all. During that time, I decided not to…
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Happy birthday, Emorie!
Twelve years ago, Michael and I were getting ready for bed. He said, “Wouldn’t it be neat if Emorie were born this weekend, since it’s Father’s Day weekend?” I agreed, but then he replied, “But it probably won’t happen, since she’d be three weeks early.” Twenty-four hours later, we were holding her. Since she was…
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Life as a lumber: what we’ve been up to
We have had a crazy busy last few weeks and not, am I tired. The little lumbers finished their school year on May 12 and had their dance recital on May 13. They did so well and I’m so proud of them. We had a week off from dance and we made lots of delicious…