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Category: Of Life and Love
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It's been a morning of sadness for me. A morning for shedding tears. Several emails waited quietly in line to inform me that a friend from my DuPont days was killed over the weekend. Roger wasn't one of my closest friends out there – I'm not sure if we ever even worked the same shift,…
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Because of Thanksgiving, I missed posting my Friday Favorite Photo last week, so I think it's only fitting that I post one from that holiday weekend today…and since today is my oldest son's 25th birthday, I think it's only fitting that I post one of him. This was my favorite, hands down, that fit both…
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Home again late last night, after a family-filled Thanksgiving – one of the best ever – and a wide loop to see dear friends on the way home and drop Daniel off at his apartment downtown. Happy to be home, of course…happy to see Belle and Max and just be home. But Tom did something…
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Sometimes it's those things that are right in front of us every day that we take for granted the most… I'm grateful for many things, but I'm especially grateful I'll be seeing him again later today! I'm praying for safe travels for Tom and others who will be on the road or in the air over…
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2dy·nam·ic noun \dī-ˈna-mik\ Definition of DYNAMIC 1: a dynamic force 2: dynamics; an underlying cause of change or growth a : of or relating to physical force or energyb : of or relating to dynamics (see dynamics) b : marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change <a dynamic city>b : energetic, forceful <a dynamic personality> Example of DYNAMIC Max, one month after Charly dog died…look at that face…look closely at his eyes… Add a little Dynamic (dog)… …and look at…
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Please forgive me…this is pretty much a re-post from last year, except for a small, much-needed addition… My big brother Buster was headed to Viet Nam, saying his goodbyes, when I stood beside him in this photograph and smiled. I had no idea what was ahead of him. This was probably taken before…
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Alone. Lonely. These words popped up a lot this week, in different voices, from different places. I know I take Tom for granted sometimes – these voices reminded me how very lucky I am to have such a wonderful partner, companion, lover…someone to talk to, laugh with, hold my hand, wipe my tears, listen to…
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Daniel, my middle child, my analytical clown…my super-thoughtful, super-sensitive, super-balanced son… turns 22 today. Twenty-two? Huh? Isn't he still just my little boy, playing out an intricate action adventure with his monster trucks in the living room (Watch me, Mama! Watch me!) The truth is, yes, in my heart he will always be that little…
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…when you hear on the news that there's a shooter on the campus where your kids spend their days… and then you hear he's in a library and so you glance at your son's schedule and see he's supposed to be at his job in a library right at that minute, and so your heart,…
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When did they first move in? I'm not sure. They always sneak in, starting out small and seemingly harmless. We've run them out before, but they always slip back in, with some new, innocent disguise, some great excuse. They didn't tag along on our honeymoon, I know that. It was probably during those years when…
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