The End of Limbo
Finally, I have specific, rather than vague, answers to the questions “Where are you moving to?” and “When?” We are moving to Annapolis the last week of June. Yay!! This is a story of a whole lot of...
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Adventuring
When I thought about 2015 last December, in terms of choosing a word to encapsulate the year ahead, I immediately thought Adventure. So much of how we experience life depends upon how we frame it. I...
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Settling In
Magnolia tree in our yard. We’re not in Rhode Island anymore. June was a very exhausting and yes, stressful month. Part of me wishes I’d had time to update here, but there’s no way. I was posting to...
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Finding a New Rhythm
Walking to the bus stop with Daddy. Ever since my first child was born almost 14 years ago, I’ve had at least one child (often two) at home during the school year. This year, all three are in school at...
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Small Acts of Kindness
After only a couple of days at school on crutches, N said to me, “I don’t like having to be helped everywhere. I just don’t like feeling like people need to do things for me.” I understood him...
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The Middle Years {And Adjusting}
Quiet time together, creating a space for whatever needs to be shared. “Can you pick us up after school?” my sixth grader asked. “I like to tell someone about my day right away.” What parent would pass...
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A Bit About Running
I promise I’ll explain what this means I began running again a little over three years ago. I’d run cross country in junior high and part of high school, and then stopped. I started again about...
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2017: Grounded
A patch of land to connect to, once again Sometimes I’m drawn to a guiding word for the year. Last year I wasn’t, and instead of pushing against that, I just let it be. In retrospect I’m not surprised...
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Hello? It’s me.
It’s a whole season since last I blogged… Is this thing still on? I didn’t mean to take such a long break. It just happened. We moved, and that’s time-consuming, and I was sick the entire time, too....
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Springing
It’s springing all over the place in this yard, and we love it. I can hear frogs at night. Frogs! From my own driveway. From my own bed. It’s lovely music. Last weekend my husband spotted a “very large...
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