4 years ago today, there was a swirl of excitement, anticipation, romance and a sense of a new journey in my home. 4 years ago today, my littlest baby girl was getting ready for her wedding ceremony.
Jane. My baby Janie. There is a bit of wonder, and a bit of breath-catching awe, [...]

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I first heard about The Mother Letter Project from Stephanie at Adventures in Babywearing by-way-of Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer. I was amazed from the first moment… and I continue to be amazed and inspired and enlightened by the letters that have been contributed to this most perfect gift from a man to [...]

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I was behind a woman in line at CVS just a few minutes ago. She was a bit frantic, trying to keep a baby in her shopping cart and manage both a toddler and a little girl while swiping her credit card. When the cashier handed her the receipt, the woman stopped a [...]

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“Mimi,” my very favorite boomer-blogging friend, asked in a recent post… “Are You Ready for Thanksgiving?”
After a kind-of startled moment, I realized that I am not completely ready for Thanksgiving this year. It is not because I haven’t ordered my fresh turkey or carefully removed my favorite recipes from their plastic folders. [...]

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I raised 4 children.
I am enjoying my 9 grandchildren more than I can even express in words.
I helped care for my vivacious mother-in-law as her health rapidly declined this summer. I was with her when she passed away.
I am the primary caretaker of my own Mom. My Mom. A beautiful woman who [...]

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A beautiful blog friend of ours had a little Baby girl… born last Tuesday, November 11th… at 28 weeks.  Baby weighed 2 lbs. 3 oz. and measured in at 34 centimeters.  Baby is strong and vibrant and sassy and gorgeous… and Mommy will be staying with her for many, many weeks- months even… far, far [...]

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I’m going to get all existential on you for a moment or two… probably because I heard a young mother at a diner this morning tell the waitress that her son is going to be a doctor when he grows up. I know I’ve addressed this topic before, but the young moms are not [...]

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I was visiting my favorite Libra girl… and happened on “a long meme” that she borrowed from That Bitchy Chick. Yes, it is L-O-N-G… but I was completely captured by the first question. Here it is:
How did you get one of your scars?
Now, I am assuming that this question relates to physical scars, [...]

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Today, my baby turns 28 years old. Jane Hillary Couto was born on November 4th, 1980 at 10:07 in the morning. And just like today, there was a very impressive and interesting election going on. By the day’s end, Ronald Reagan would be elected 40th President of the United States of America. [...]

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Ugly ducklings. Proms and formal dances. Boyfriends. Heartbreak.
Why do these things always go hand-in-hand? And why do we always seem to have photographs to remind us?
Miss Britt the Magnificent (because she is) had to go and write a couple of moving posts that got me thinking about these oftentimes painful reminisces [...]

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