Tag Archives: Love

The Last Walk

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

The leash is resting quietly in the basket by the front door, no longer with a purpose. The place where dog dishes sat is empty, there is no one left to feed. The dog door is closed. This morning I … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Today marks one year.  Most of the big firsts are over: the first Father’s Day, the first birthday, the first Thanksgiving, the first Christmas.  I am glad those are over and I must say that with time it has gotten … Continue reading →

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Girls, Girls, Girls

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

I hesitate to write this because before it was my child, I would roll my eyes at such stories and think that the projections that adults placed on the innocent relationships of children was strange and creepy.  Please understand this … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Letter to a New Year

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Dear 2013, We do not know each other yet, as you have not come around to say hello, so I thought I would write you this brief letter by way of introduction.  I know that people have great expectations for … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – The Little Things Are Not All That Little

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

Family, friends, holidays, love, smiles, being together. We have been celebrating the little things that are not all that little.  I hope you are too.

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Shadow Dancing

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

If one were to look out their window on a sunny afternoon into the cul-de-sac where Carter and I stand four days a week waiting for his bus, roughly between 12:15 and 12:25, they may be in for a strange … Continue reading →

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Right Now

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

The kitchen was a total mess, the dining room table even more so.  Carter was sorting his trick or treating loot into two piles, one to keep and one for the Switch Witch*.  He was also in the process of … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday II–Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

The boys have been very eager for Father’s Day to arrive.  They have been planning to serve poppa breakfast in bed. Cody made a sign.  It was all his idea.  When you read the sign you must read it like … Continue reading →

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A Not So Simple Sunday – Letter to my Dad

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

Dear Dad, I miss you.  You will never get the chance to read this but that is alright because you already know what I am about to say.  You know that I love you.  You know that I am proud … Continue reading →

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The Tooth Fairy Lives in FairyLand, of Course.

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Here is the letter Cody left for the Tooth Fairy on the night of her first visit a little over a week ago.  I wrote while he dictated. I was proud that he remembered his manners in the writing of … Continue reading →

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