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That’s A Big Promise.

March 22, 2012 No Comments
I really don’t think it will. The list of ‘items’ is too long.
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“Extraordinary.”

March 22, 2012 14 Comments
In Tyler’s preschool class, they are learning to give compliments.  They went around the circle, and each child took a…
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Not Synonymous

March 20, 2012 1 Comment
I need to write this on a post-it note and keep it next to my placemat at the dinner table.…
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Self Awareness is a Good Thing

March 20, 2012 4 Comments
“Tyler, let me tell you the plan.  Amazing Race comes on in a few minutes, and we’re all going to…
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She Deserves It. So Does He.

March 20, 2012 4 Comments
I was forty when I finally fell in love with a man who was a widower.   He’d been married…
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It’s Still Happening.

March 19, 2012 13 Comments
My heart catches everyday on a snag I didn’t see coming.  It’s still happening to me. We go out for…
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Peeking Through

March 18, 2012 1 Comment
Dear spring flowers, Look at you,  peeking through on this side. And blooming. I think we have much in common.
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Guys Morning

March 18, 2012 No Comments
“Hey, guys? I’m going to a class this morning, so you’re having a Guys Morning with Poppa.” “Will you be…
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Wish and Hope

March 17, 2012 No Comments
Wish and hope are somehow related. Cousins.  Sisters, maybe. They’re so close to the same. One is longing for what…
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The Necessity of the Closed Door

March 16, 2012 8 Comments
Stephen King says your writing space needs only one thing: a door which you are willing to shut. “The closed…
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The Rest Of Us Are Regulars

March 14, 2012 3 Comments
Dear kind person at Starbucks, You were gracious to ask if I am okay. You probably wondered why no one…
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Rock Solid; Gentle Giant.

March 14, 2012 5 Comments
Tucker is a strong boy.  He’s a little rock. To look at him, you woudn’t guess it, necessarily, but to…
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The By-Product of Right Decisions

March 13, 2012 5 Comments
“Don’t expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor belt. It isn’t like…
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Well, Crap.

March 13, 2012 11 Comments
I’ve been a little distracted recently. I was tangled in a web of confusion, justifying, clarifying, and pretending, blended with…
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Benefits in Strangers

March 12, 2012 8 Comments
I used to talk to strangers all the time.  I made friends on airplanes, in restrooms, at stoplights, and in…
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March 11, 2012 2 Comments
“You made him happy, Trish. I choose to believe you still do.” – my mom
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Readers’ Theater

March 11, 2012 3 Comments
Tucker performed in the Kindergarten Readers’ Theater: The Biggest, Best Snowman. He was a reindeer. He wore antlers, and he…
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Sunshine on My Boy

March 10, 2012 5 Comments
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Remembering.

March 9, 2012 10 Comments
Today, I miss him with my whole heart.
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“I just smelled his…”

March 9, 2012 7 Comments
“I smelled your little boy’s bottom,” Tyler says to another mom at McDonald’s. She looks to me. And my mind…
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