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Category: Call me mom
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I hit the wall around 3:30 am Saturday night/Sunday morning. I was feeling wide-awake until then, thanks to several cups of coffee, working on my next screenwriting assignment while simultaniously guarding all exits and keeping an eye on the handful of teenagers who were fighting sleep. The other chaperone had crashed on her pallet…
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We have a new ceremonial tradition in our family…yesterday Kendall came strolling out of her bedroom and tossed me a couple of bras (to be specific, a white one and a pretty mint-green one)…"Here, these don't fit me anymore. You can have them." Flashback about thirty-five years…I came strolling out of my bedroom…
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I have been caught up in the cyclone of TG this weekend, whirling from one activity to another, and trying to do my homework in between. Her schedule is exhausting, but I think it's pretty typical for a high school student these days. I don't remember being this busy, though. Friday night was filled…
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Why I need this weekend in Port Aransas… This is another reason… I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it: Friends make life a lot more fun. (Charles R. Swindoll ) Hope your weekend is…
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Tom and I stood on the doorstep watching Tommy's little red Neon pull away from the house, headed back to Dallas. A montage of images flashed through my head, visions of my parents and Tom's parents standing on porches, waving goodbye to us as we pulled away after a visit. It hit me that Tommy…
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After church this morning, I asked my kids to let me get a picture of the three of them together before Tommy headed back to Dallas. I don't think that's asking too much, is it? They posed on the rock wall for me, and I probably snapped a dozen shots, but between Kendall's…
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Ike has come and gone, leaving a mess in his wake, but not creating nearly as much havoc as he could have. My family is fine…sweaty and sticky from the power outage, but safe. I'm happy to report my parents' old house weathered the storm with no damage – even the carport is…
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Some people talk about multi-tasking as "juggling," and that's a good metaphor, I guess, but I prefer "plate-spinning." Don't ask me why. (What we should be wondering is why we describe our lives and responsibilities in terms of circus acts…) Maybe it's the way I handle my tasks - give one a spin then ignore it while I…
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I'm a Band mom today…first football game of the season. I emailed two pages to my teacher last night just under the midnight deadline, then woke a few hours later before dawn to move the laundry around, pay some bills, and be ready to chaperone a bus full of high-schoolers to a sun-kissed stadium where…
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God smiled on my baby girl this morning in honor of her seventeenth birthday – He provided overcast skies and a few sprinkles of rain. Most people would want sunshine on their birthdays, but TG is working as a counselor at a day camp this summer; she yearned for a break from the sunshine and…
Long Hollow 