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Meet My New Friend {and a giveaway!}

March 2, 2010

I read her story, a special needs mom, and it so resonated. I knew the struggles of her heart, because they are my struggles too. Even though our kids have different issues, the mom result is mostly the same. Not giving up, persevering, constant priority checks.
I emailed her, to just say “I know.“ To say [...]

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Wound Care

February 12, 2010

{…continued from yesterday’s post}
Strong emotions of any kind seem to spurn from the same place. Passion. That passion I felt with “my people”, also brought up my passion for missing Mabel. I tried to ride those waves as best I could, but at times the waves seemed unbearable. I worked to be real with myself [...]

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A Humming Heart

February 11, 2010

I sat at the gate waiting for my flight, willing the clock to go faster so I could board and slink into the window seat and be invisible. I was sensitive about every step of that day, the day traveling to Blissdom. It was a conference I had been planning on attending for months, I [...]

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Christmas Tour of Homes 2009

December 13, 2009

This is my first year in the Christmas Tour of Homes, being in a new Southern home and having all new corners and lovely places to put our beloved decorations was too fun to not share!
First, my lovely tree topping angel, that this year gets her own spot next to the fireplace so I can [...]

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We Rejoice

November 19, 2009

Yesterday a guest post I wrote for Sarah Mae went up on her blog, Like A Warm Cup Of Coffee. Please go check it out, it’s about God and autism and it was an honor to write something for her while she is busy moving her family to a new home.
It’s funny, because I wrote [...]

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Prayers For Anissa

November 18, 2009

**Robin and me, with Anissa on the right

She is mom to 3 children, the youngest of which is recovering from cancer.
She is 35 years old, and had a stroke 4 years ago, right before her baby was diagnosed.
She is my friend. She is a fellow mom of special needs, and we have shared so, so [...]

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A Sister Party

October 22, 2009

I tape up a box, fill it carefully, thinking on each item quietly but quickly, and tape the box closed and move on to the next. These things I’m doing now, I was doing this time three years ago, to move to the place we are now leaving. Another move, but this journey — as [...]

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A Little Treat, Just Because

October 19, 2009

As I prance on down to live in the South for the first time in my life, and to well and truly find my inner steel magnolia, I’m sure I’ll have many stories to share. Tales of some of the most treasured southern secrets and deep history that I know I’ll just eat up with [...]