Yearly Archives: 2011

This Year in Lessons

Many people have asked me in the last couple of weeks if I am just ready to start a new year. “It’s going to be better” they say. Yes, I am so ready to start a new year.  I’m ready for fresh beginnings. Clean slates. But….I don’t know if it’s going to be better. I...

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Boundin’

“Whatever the problem we have in our life, someone has faced it and overcome it. ” It seems like it’s something everyday around here. Something extra that has to be handled.  Today it was the eye doctor.   I was sure I had pink eye.  Just absolutely positively sure. But… Apparently my eyes are rejecting my body’s stress...

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A Loss

 I have a very small family. A large extended family, probably related to half of county in this particular area.  But the family I have spent my life with is very very small. And now it is smaller. I lost my uncle. My Godfather. A man who I spent most holidays with. A man who has seen...

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Favorite Things: The Dinosaur Tree

When I was a kid, I always wanted my very own Christmas tree in my room. To be able to decorate however I wanted.  You know, all pink and purple with girly stuff and things that shine and twinkle.  It would be all mine. And then as I got older,  it was kind of my dream...

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Good Days

  Yesterday was a good day (well except for the death of my son’s beloved beta, rest in peace dear dear Alex.) My Dino man got to hug Pistol Pete. High five all the players. And finally, to make the night most perfect, hug a cheerleader. (He loves to hug cheerleaders, even though he gets...

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