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Freeze Frame!
I wish I could freeze time for the boys right this second. Right this second when they are both healthy and strong. There isn’t a virus in sight, no vomit or boogers or poo (oh my!). Both of them are breathing easy and can run and play and jump and tumble. I wish I could…
Are You Happy You’re White?
We were on our way home from after-school care and listening to NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The story was about President Trump’s proposed travel ban. Tobin asked me why the ban was being asked for, and we started talking about religion, race, and ethnicity. That’s when he asked me, my bright 7-year-old, “Mommy? Are you…
Go, Argonauts!
I only knew about the University of West Florida because my mom and them live in Pensacola, where the main campus of UWF is located. I didn’t intend to attend, in fact, I’d been accepted to all of the other universities to which I’d applied and fully intended to go to the University of Texas…
What I Know At 42
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Well, hello there! Have you been waiting long?
I am fairly sure I don’t have any actual followers, er subscribers, on this blog. Regardless, I should have been updating. I’m starting now. I can feel the excitement that was generated by that statement! Electric! A few updates: William and I got married in April! It was perfect and exactly what we wanted. Except…
Love it!!!!!
Thanks Kristina! I loved it too! N was taking some good pics of T, but the battery died in his camera. I think I know what we’re getting him for Christmas 🙂