Author: Jamie
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Baby Carter is here!
Y’all! He’s here! Diane and Brandon checked into the hospital for an induction Sunday evening, and after a rather uncomfortable night, Carter was born at 1:24PM on Monday afternoon. Diane did great and mom and baby are both healthy. At 9 pounds 8 ounces and 21.5 inches long, Carter is a big boy — but…
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Capable of more: life lessons from the gym
After Saturday’s workout I thought, “I’m not going to be able to move my arms tomorrow!” Now let me make this clear: you don’t have to feel sore to know you had a good workout. That depends on your body and your goals. But the thing is, I’ve realized through working out that my tendency…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 40}
“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” – Ausonius We celebrated a birthday! It’s took me a couple of years to figure out that Scout is more easily overwhelmed on “special” days; that’s not uncommon for kids from traumatic backgrounds. Given the choice,…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 39}
“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” – Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1880 After 10 or so years of daily use, my old electric tea kettle finally began a slow demise. It worked hard and had a…
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Introversion is not a social disorder
A dozen or so years ago, I was accused of having a social disorder. Because this is the internet, I’ll omit the details, but the accusations came in the form of affidavits intended to be used against me in a court case, and were from people who supposedly knew me well. I knew their words…