Category: family life
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I miss his voice.
My dad ventures down from the mountains every couple of weeks to visit. He never stays very long, as he wants to make the rounds to see as many of his friends and family as possible while he’s here. He almost always comes bearing some small gift, and this time it’s a little bag of…
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The Wedding: Our Oldest is MARRIED!
Last Saturday, Brandon got married. Lindsey spent the night before the wedding at Diane’s mom and dad’s house with all the other bridesmaids. Ken and Kathryn and I arrived there before lunchtime to get photos of the girls getting ready, and to do some of the detail shots, like rings and shoes and The Dress….
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{Beautiful Things} Another week of summer
Another summer week full of good and beautiful things. “You make beautiful things; You make beautiful things out of dust… You make beautiful things out of the dust. You make me new. You are making me new.” (from a favorite song, Beautiful Things by Gungor) The collage above is full of beautiful things: Birthday cards….
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Celebrating my last year of thirty-something
Today is my 39th birthday. The photo below was me (at left) the summer I turned 12 years old. Funny how that seems like yesterday, and yet soooooo very long ago. I’m very happy where I am in life. I find plenty of joy in big and little things. It’s easy for me to count…
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My Dad’s birthday + ALS Awareness Month
Today is my dad’s 71st birthday. When I was growing up, my dad worked long hours as an auto mechanic, and even longer hours once he opened his own shop in 1978. I was in bed most nights before he was home, and he left before I got up in the mornings. Somehow, though, he…