Author: Jamie
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Low key Christmas + thoughtful gift ideas
This is our first Christmas in our new town. I’m decorating the new house slowly and simply, not stressing about it. We’re keeping gifts low-key, too. Each of the kids will get one “big” gift (which isn’t really that big), plus a few little things. Ken and I don’t buy presents for each other, and…
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Breathing room
They say the ocean air is good for your lungs. I’ve had a cold that turned into bronchitis (plus asthma = no fun) but I’m finally feeling better. Sitting in the sunshine by the sea is good therapy. Although our recent move was a good thing, I see now why moving is considered one of…
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National Adoption Month
Last week, I talked to Scout and Jem’s former foster mom. Right now, they’re fostering eight kids, including a sibling group of four. (They’ve fostered over 120 kids so far!) That sibling group recently met their soon-to-be adoptive parents, so their foster mom was asking me how she could help prepare the new parents. I…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 52}
“Laura stood up on the board and Pa held her safe by the arm, so she could see the town. When she saw it, she could hardly breathe. She knew how Yankee Doodle felt, when he could not see the town because there were so many houses.” – from Little House in the Big Woods…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 51}
“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson Last weekend, Kathryn and I explored the cutest little town, with the…