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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Can you pinpoint the very moment in time that set you on the path to meet a current/former significant other… the moment that forever changed your entire life and legacy?
Think about it, if you will.
This “lifetime” thought began this morning with finding a sample lipstick from a summer event swag bag that I just this [...]

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Happy Birthday, my darling Alexander…
Today, you turn 3 years old.  I feel as though I’ve known you my entire life.  You bring such energy and joy and love and light to our lives… joy and energy and love and light that has no boundaries of time.  You have always been and you will always be!  [...]

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Today was William’s first soccer game. His first game ever. On Wednesday, his coach had handed out the “uniforms”… you know, T-shirts and socks that match. You would have thought that this uniform hid some magical qualities the way he proudly wore it into my home right after the Wednesday practice.
Today, he [...]

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This morning, I woke up to the peaceful sounds of my home and my town.  My husband and I live on a busy street in a small town… so the wonderful sounds of the town were drifting into my open bedroom window.  You know, the early morning bakery deliveries.  The swish of the morning paper [...]

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Yes, like all of you, I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of a plane crashing into one of the towers at the World Trade Center.
I was teaching my morning Reading class of 14 high school students when a colleague called my room phone. “Do you have your tv on?” she [...]

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My Janie is the best. She really is.
You know there’s a “but” in here somewhere, right?
Well, yes, there is…
My Janie is the best. She really is. BUT sometimes she is absent-minded.
Like today.
Janie had an early appointment today that she wasn’t sure how long it would last, so she asked me if I [...]

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I wrote a post last Friday about Grandparents Day. It’s interesting how certain posts create reactions in people… and this one did. I wrote it in a general sort of way, but the whole time I was writing it, I was thinking of my mother-in-law who just recently passed away… and of my [...]

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August 14, 1976.
My name changed. My life changed.
The greatest dream that any woman could ever dream came true when you said “I do” 32 years ago today.
You gave me Keith and Adam. You gave me Audrey and Jane. These are beyond gifts. These are miracles.
We began a journey that would give [...]

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Florence Dorothy Couto. My wonderful mother-in-law. Flo passed away this afternoon, and I already cannot imagine life without this marvel of a woman. This bigger-than-life persona. This dynamo of energy.
If ever anyone has left this world with big shoes to fill, it is Flo. My mind is a wandering stream [...]

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