Oh, Summer. You with your promise of endless hours that somehow never materialize when it comes to actually getting something…
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Kids
Five Minute Friday: Release
Hello, Friends. Welcome back for another Friday spent with Lisa-Jo and the Five-minute crowd. Today, we’re taking five minutes to write…
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Life as an open-ended question
After mothering small people for fourteen years, I’ve become a master at the closed-ended question. I only want a yes…
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Unexpected storms
Last week, an unexpected storm blew through our ‘hood. One minute, the skies threatened with their rolling gray. The next,…
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Bend but not break
My favorite pair of jeans have a stain running down the right thigh. It’s a faded rust color in the…
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A cheering season: when being a mom isn’t enough
My kid wanted to buy me a magnetic bumper sticker that said, “No money, No time, No life: My kid…
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