Category Archives: family life
Telling Stories
I love a good story, and I love to tell good stories. In theory, I’d love for this blog to be filled with great stories, vignettes of our life. The trouble is that I have a hard time with finding … Continue reading
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“I Just Can’t Handle It!”
One of the girls told me on Sunday she hated Memphis and missed Birmingham, especially our old church. She kept repeating, “I just can’t handle it!” Yesterday she woke up early with a smile on her face, and had a … Continue reading
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This Week’s Delights
Some delightful happenings of September thus far (in no particular order:) + a nice visit with family + coffee with a new friend + starting to decorate our new place + hours with my nose stuck in a book + … Continue reading
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“Never Was a Cloudy Day”
You’ve probably noticed, today is the last day of August. This means: (1) Fall is coming soon! I love cooler weather, leaves changing, apple and pumpkin flavors and basically all autumn has to offer. Lexi is already mentioning Halloween daily. … Continue reading
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Fun Running
Kate and Lexi ran in their first race today, a one mile fun run. They were pretty excited about it. Lexi ended up falling about halfway through and scraping her knee and hands pretty badly. But she persevered and finished. … Continue reading
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After
One of the hard things about serious blog posts is I have no idea what to say next. I should point out that I do feel like Memphis is going to work out for our family, and I really enjoy … Continue reading
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First Day for Lexi
Look out kindergarten, here comes Lexi! Alexine, I will always think of your K4 year with Mrs. Farmer as your first year of real school, but that doesn’t make this year any less of a big deal. I know that … Continue reading
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First Day for Kate
Here’s to a lovely first day of second grade, Kathryn Lilia. May your new class bring you sweet friends and may you grow in wisdom and knowledge just as fast as you outgrow your jumpers. I hope you always love … Continue reading
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Feeling the Loss
One of my closest friends in Birmingham, on one of our very last days there, made what seemed in the moment to be a most peculiar comment to me. “It’s important when you leave a place and its people to … Continue reading
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A Perk of Boredom
Since M was gone again, I finally made our own version of the family rules I’ve seen everywhere lately. I included things we say all the time, lyrics from songs I sing to the girls, etc. So even though we … Continue reading
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To Do
Maybe if I post a list of things I need to do this week, it will get done more quickly. M has been away a lot lately, and solo parenting sucks the life out of me. That plus moving malaise … Continue reading
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8 Years
Thankful for eight years of mutual society, help and comfort, in prosperity and adversity. I am convinced, the best is yet to come. Happy Anniversary to us.
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