Category: family life
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10 Things About Me
Because my brain (and maybe yours) needs a little not-too-strenuous summer fun, and because I’m sure you’ve just been itching {ha!} to know weird and obscure facts about me, I now present: 10 facts you won’t find on my “About” page: 1) I love veggies. As in, I’m ridiculously fond of them: Home grown tomatoes;…
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Fear and Judging (a post that’s not about my tattoo)
This is a post about my tattoo that isn’t really a post about my tattoo. Wait! What tattoo?!? The one I got myself as a belated 40th birthday present. A little watercolor-style hummingbird on my wrist. (Which, for the record, is my second tattoo.) I should also go ahead and tell you I’m a chicken….
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Officially Fabulous {and 40!}
It’s official: I’m fabulous. That’s what happens when you turn 40, right? I’m low-key when it comes to celebrations, and I prefer a smaller group of family and friends rather than a big party. It’s the introvert in me. Even though this is a “big” birthday, I’ve celebrated the same way I celebrate just about…
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ALS Awareness Month
I hate ALS. This disease took more from Dad than his final breath: ALS stole his speech. ALS stole his ability to eat, or even swallow his own saliva. ALS stole enjoying a cup of coffee with friends at Waffle House. ALS stole cruising through the mountains on his Harley. ALS stole wood-chopping and physical…
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Moms are Mighty.
This motherhood gig is hard. Which makes sense, because each and every day we are battling the world for the hearts and souls of our children, even as we prepare meals and push them on swings and remind them to wash their hands and clean their rooms… The video below is based on a post…