Stars.
My best friend Bernadette believes in stars. Stars bring comfort and light. Stars reflect earth’s dreams. Stars are God’s promise of morning.
And stars are reminders that her dad is watching and guiding from heaven.
Tonight, there is a star-garden filling the entire universe. Twinkling stars. Diamond stars. Wishing stars. […]

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PR guru and all-around cool guy Peter Shankman wrote a post yesterday in which he gave advice to this year’s graduating class. And it got me thinking about my own experience as a high school graduate 10 years ago. Ten years ago TODAY, to be exact.
Wow. Ten years. Exactly 10 years ago today I said […]

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Yesterday was William’s last day of preschool.

He made it. He made it through his first year… !
Last year around this time I knew William needed something. I wasn’t sure what that “something” was, but I knew it had to do with being around other children, and not just his younger brothers!
My husband […]

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I still remember the day that Audrey and Jane got back into my car after picking up a couple of hot dogs at our local hot weiner joint… and Jane said, “Grin gave us two extra ones.”
Without batting an eye, Audrey added, “Grin knows you love the ones with extra onions.”
OK. Two extras were […]

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Me, Bismarck and Steve on Bismarck’s 5th birthday
One year ago today, my world came crashing down.
My beloved dog, Bismarck, my son, had been just a little “off” for the past few weeks. I had a motherly instinct that something was wrong… but I just had no idea how wrong.
I can’t even really say that that […]

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Last night my husband and I took my mother-in-law out for dinner. This was not how the evening was supposed to go… but that’s what I love about life, because the night turned into a lovely golden thread of beautiful memories for all of us.
Actually, my mother-in-law was scheduled for surgery this morning but […]

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When my kids were young, my mother-in-law had a special cabinet in her home.
This cabinet was to the right of her oven, filled to the brim with every conceivable unbreakable child-mesmerizing item, and just big enough for a small child to climb into when empty.
But to eventually climb in… the contents had to be removed, […]

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I don’t know why I’m always so surprised… because my mom has bought me 3 special “coming home from the hospital outfits” for each of my 3 boys.
And her tradition continues with Henry.
With 5 weeks and counting… I was greeted this morning with the first gift of his coming home outfit. Talk about getting […]

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I always knew that I had a special relationship with my mom.
But it took me awhile longer to realize that not every daughter had a mother like mine.
I guess, when I was younger, I thought that all mothers were just like mine.
I thought that all mothers woke their daughters each morning with a loving kiss […]

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We took the boys to Philadelphia this weekend. William is obsessed with anything and everything Star Wars. My husband read online that the Franklin Institute was holding a Star Wars Exhibit through the first week of May, so we decided to make a weekend out of it.
Oh, yes. William. Alexander. […]

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