A friend and I started a mother/daughter movie night with our biggest girls. We thought it was time to introduce them to the world of chick flicks, the classics, if you will. One afternoon, as I emptied the dishwasher, I told my daughter we chose Steel Magnolias as our first selection. She replied, “What is that? Like, a movie about superheroes?” I…
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True grit
Yesterday, we drove to a local mountain and skied for the first time since moving back from Switzerland. To say that it was a wildly different experience is an understatement. For one, my daughter and I repeatedly said to one another, “Don’t you expect everyone to speak in German?” Or, in my case, yell German at me on the mountain for…
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Imitation
My shopping cart had a mind of its own, so I looked down as I maneuvered my way into the frozen aisle. I nearly collided with the smoothie guy and his table of samples, but swerved in time to miss the corner of his display. He ignored me and never missed a beat in his conversation with another shopper. The…
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Bringing order to chaos
A few nights ago, there was an unfortunate incident. For the past few weeks, on entering my daughter’s room, I heaved a huge sigh and declared she “must clean up this disgusting mess”. After years of attempting to create an organized child out of a free-spirited one, I refused to lift a finger in an effort to help her help…
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Five Minute Friday: Write
Hello, Friends. Welcome back for another Friday spent with Lisa-Jo and the Five-minute crowd. Today, we’re taking five minutes to write on the prompt Write. Do you have five minutes to write, read, or both? Why don’t you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in….
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