From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Hope Lives

July 20, 2009
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
-Emily Dickinson
I’ve been reluctant to write this post, not wanting to have to go “there”.  Of course there are many things that I don’t share here on my blog, but there [...]

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The Best Me

July 9, 2009
teamhappy2

I woke up this morning to more yelling, crying, stomping and door slamming.
The children, they have a serious love/hate thing going on.  With each other and with my husband and I and with a leaf that had the nerve to blow by (how dare it).
It seems so incessant, the sibling fighting, that we begin to [...]

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Easy Photo Oven

July 7, 2009
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I’ve been playing around tonight with the butterfly pictures from yesterday, and I finally started using Picnik.  Just one question?
WHY HAVE I WAITED THIS LONG?
This site has been recommended to me countless times, it’s free, I just seriously don’t know what my problem is (well I do, but that’s another post…).
Take a look (click on [...]

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You’re My Butterfly

July 6, 2009
jamiebutterfly

This weekend we spent time with a butterfly.
We didn’t catch it, it was just waiting for us.  First Jamie picked it up, so big and yellow and friendly.  They had a moment.

Then Charlie had a turn.  He said it tickled.

It’s amazing how you calm down to hold a butterfly.  Time seems to stand still.

Even Jonah [...]

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Group Hug

July 3, 2009
momandfamily

Sitting here in heavy traffic, wishing I could push push push and get us home, I remind myself to pause.  This family, these children, me…all could use a pause, a slow down of the soul.  A group hug.
I realize that it’s a constant state of mind, to choose peace.  To choose love.  Even for our [...]

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Thinking Thin: For the Children

July 1, 2009
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A few weeks ago I was doing the dreaded swimsuit shopping awfulness, and had no choice but to take the kids with me into the battle.  It was me vs. the swimsuits, and it wasn’t going to be pretty.
I knew I was pressing my luck, the kids can’t handle stores for very long, never mind [...]

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