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wrapping up before moving on
Goodness. You guys have given me so much material to read and to listen to and to watch. I’m really thankful for all of you readers. That’s not just something nice to type. For real. (Or “for realz” with a “z” if that makes it more convincing. It doesn’t. I know it doesn’t.) I didn’t ask all of those…
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two heavies: divorce and remarriage
This will be an unpopular post. These are unpopular ideas. Unpopular thoughts. (Although I care so little about being popular these days. I cared deeply about being popular (or liked, or something) in middle school and high school – although you wouldn’t have known it if you were judging me by the way I dressed. My lemon yellow shorts…
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Five Finds Friday (nothing here except Rod Stewart and rings that might fall off)
Happy Friday everyone. (It’s been a good week – and a long week. But a productive week. And a mostly stay-at-home week which pleases my Stay At Home child immensely.) FUNNY Sometime during an evening of games and soft trash talk and bad jokes, some kid said some thing that made some other kid say “Some…
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crisis of identity.
This charming old farm house in which I reside has a small downstairs bathroom with a single rectangle of a mirror above the sink. I don’t know who installed it or how tall they were. I’m guessing taller than me. When I stand, with shoes on, and look into this mirror (the only mirror in the bathroom) and attempt…
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Ripley’s Gatlinburg Attractions: A Review in Three Parts, Part 1 (The Mirror Maze)
Gatlinburg in the winter is a different sort of town than Gatlinburg in the summer. When we took our recent adventure to the mountain town, we found it sleepy and quiet and that’s exactly the way we liked it. Traffic was minimal (except for the weekend) and the streets were not overcrowded and the restaurants had no wait time.…
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life: back at it
I’ve tried to go to bed on time for one full week now – is that about right? Or has it been two weeks? It’s going alright I guess. I’m reading more at night and that’s a bonus. I am rereading Hannah Coulter, you know, after seeing Mr. Berry and all. (And I’m going to try to read…
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Five Finds Friday (a word you may have to look up to define & a tiny ax)
“… it just seemed as if she were marking time while life rocketed past.” ― Soheir Khashoggi, Nadia’s Song FUNNY There are a lot of homeschool days that don’t shine like stars in the universe. There’s plenty of mundane and must get done and should have done better and how can you not already know this. I don’t…
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after hours
Certain hours are just more dangerous than others. Do you know what I mean? I probably shouldn’t read or respond to texts after midnight. My thoughts generally aren’t so clear. But the dangerous part is – that is usually when I think my thoughts are kind of genius thoughts. That’s when I think I’m hilarious, or endlessly clever or…
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On the Road: Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies
This month we touched a jellyfish, walked underneath a hammer head shark swimming right along above us and stood in awe at the weirdly awesome body of the sea horse dragon. And oh yes, we saw an octopus. I heart aquariums. (I also heart honesty and I’ll do my best to keep you guys informed – so,…
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I Believe — Lord, Help My Unbelief
I still look at my arm. I still need to. Nevertheless. I keep forgetting even though it is TATTOOED on my body in a prominent manner. ________________________
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Five Finds Friday (brothers & fedoras & chocolate pie)
Fanfare. Celebrations. High fives and confetti. You made it to Friday, you guys. FUNNY Last week we were fortunate enough to spend a little time in the mountains of Tennessee (and I’ll share some of those stories next week). While we were gone, our kind dog-loving buddies Tom and Erica kept our furry guy Ryder. They…
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the language my children speak
I don’t really have a gauge for how to write about my husband leaving our family. Is there a code for what to include and what to leave out? I hate divorce. It’s easy to hate that. Has God used this evil for good in the lives of my children and myself? Absolutely and already. Is divorce good? Absolutely…
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of the nonsensical and rambling variety . . .
Today a possum waddled (strolled?) right up to our literal back door. I watched him. He was disgusting. But his absolute grossness did not stop me from making a science lesson out of the poor rodent look-alike. I’ll spare you the photo since you might be reading this early in the morning – but if you’re desperate to see…
