The Necklace
Rylie's gift to me Mother's Day 2016. ...
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Puking on Paper
I used to get up everyday and stand in front of a classroom of anywhere from 26 to 60 students at a time. There were days when I was in front, leading the charge. There were days when I was alongside, just close enough to provide a sense of...
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Cancelling
Since we ended up staying local for the holidays, I made my best effort to plan little activities each day that would keep the three of us engaged and give us a sense of some fun. In all honesty, some of it worked, but much of it I had...
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Tulips and Daffodils
Time is such a funny thing. Sometimes it passes so quickly that things that happened years ago feel like they were yesterday. Other times, it ticks away so slowly that it’s almost painful. As I sit here at my desk writing, I find it hard to believe that we...
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To Receive is Active
I love when I read a book or blog post and it feels as though the author is my long, lost soul sister. When it feels like the very words on the page were written just for me. When it is as if the author is looking into my...
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Emptiness….
It’s a feeling I expected, but I’m experiencing it in a way that I didn’t expect. I expected to miss her. To think of things I wanted to share with her and not be able to. To open her bedroom door and be surprised when she wasn’t there. I...
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