Category: family life
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Fair Trade Friday: pretty goods, great cause
If you like pretty things, and if you want to do good in the world whenever you can, then you’ll love Fair Trade Friday as much as I do. Founded by Mercy House Kenya (a ministry I already love and support), Fair Trade Friday is about empowering marginalized women near and far. The goods are…
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Family vacation at the beach
I have nothing profound to share with these photos, but one of the perks of having a blog is sharing [too many] family vacation photos, even if it’s more than a month after the trip! Our first vacation day — Mother’s Day — was nothing but rain, rain, rain, and wet, wet dogs, all courtesy…
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What my dad taught me
Since Father’s Day is around the corner, I’m sharing a few of the many things my dad taught me over the years. He was a brick mason before and sometimes during his career as a mechanic, and he could fix just about anything. He was a nature-loving, garden-growing guy who had smile-emphasizing dimples, gave me…
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Forty-two.
Today is my birthday. I’m 42. Forty-two is a good age. Frankly, I wouldn’t want to go back to any other age. I’m not chomping at the bit to hit the next few decades, but I’ll make a point of appreciating those years when I get there. I believe the more we find to celebrate…
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A few of these “big dreams” of mine
So I keep on talking about all this dreaming I’m doing, but I’ve been vague about what exactly these dreams are. That’s been purposeful: I’ve found the scariest part of dreaming big is telling people what you’re dreaming of — because once it’s out there, it’s exposed and vulnerable. For someone like me who struggles…