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Category Archives: Parenting
The Good Ol’ Days?
A Morning in My World, 2015 I awkwardly maneuver my stiff, creaking limbs off the pillow top mattress, and then I stumble to the bathroom counter to insert my contacts so I can see walls and doors before I run into … Continue reading
Home for the Holidays
In countless households all over the world, mamas and papas were smiling with joyous anticipation. The kids were coming home–all of them–all at the same time! A celebration of this magnitude required weeks of intense preparation. First, the lists had … Continue reading
Posted in Empty Nest, Gratitude, Parenting, Photography, Simple Pleasures
Tagged Christmas, empty nest, family, holidays, photography
12 Comments
The Lessons We Learn from Our Parents, Part II
In my last post, I reminisced about a few of the lessons I had learned from my mom and how those lessons have impacted my life. While I was writing that post, I kept wondering about the lessons other adults … Continue reading
The Lessons We Learn from Our Parents, Part I
“There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.” –Denis Waitley When I was in the fifth grade, I was a knobby-kneed, stringy-haired tomboy who liked to ride my horse, play with my dogs, catch frogs on the pond bank, and … Continue reading
Control Z
December 27, 2012 I had gone to a nearby college town to spend the day with some lady friends. After an enjoyable lunch downtown, we decided to stop in at Hearts of Fire Tattoo parlor just a few blocks away … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged baseball, car accidents, healing, mothers and sons, pain, photography, tattoos, triumph
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A Peaceful, Easy Feeling
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Khalil Gibran When my sons were younger, my world revolved around them. I believed that all “good moms” put their … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aging, Health, Ozarks, Parenting, Simple Pleasures, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, aging, bicycling, mental health, Ozarks, photography, simple pleasures
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Lessons Learned from My Three Sons
After almost 27 years of being a mother, I have finally become just pretty darn smart. My three sons may laugh hysterically at such a ridiculous notion, but they shouldn’t, for most of what I have learned over the years … Continue reading
My Mama Told Me
When I was growing up many, many moons ago, my mom always seemed to have at her immediate disposal a wealth of one-liners to fit any parenting occasion. Sometimes these one-liners were perfect and beautiful in their simplicity, like “A … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged dad, humor, mom, momisms, Parenting, personal, random, words of wisdom
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