I am fairly certain I was born with neither fangs nor horns. So where did they come from? It’s as if the buds have been lying dormant waiting for the time I most needed them to NOT emerge… like now… you know, since I’m a mom and all. Shouldn’t I be gentle and kind and [...]
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Another for the annals of humiliation…
The weight room at the gym has provided me several opportunities to humiliate myself… or at least just keep me in my place. I once held the nickname “Crash” (born from the time I fell off a corral wall and then face planted in the “dirt” of a horse arena all in the span of [...]
Family
If you have cookie seeds…
THEN cookies could grow on trees. Here’s how it went down: Olivia: I wish cookies could grow on trees, but you’d have to have, to have, to have, to… Joel: Yeah, you’d have to have cookies seeds. Olivia: Yeah… Both: Giggle, giggle, giggle… I pinkie swear – rides in the car bring out the best [...]
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A blessing from out of the blue…
I was deep in thought at my local market today… when from over my shoulder I hear a voice… “These are for you.” As I turn I hear the crinkle of cellophane and see a cluster of deep-reddish lilies with a hint of orange in them. I recognized the man who handed them to me, [...]
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