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The Places We Never Planned To Be
Several years ago my family planned a trip to Washington D.C. for Spring Break. We invited my mom to join us, booked plane tickets and secured an AirBnB. We were excited to see the cherry blossoms and explore the historic areas, we booked a condo conveniently located near the areas we hoped to visit and… Read more
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Open Mouth, Insert Doubts
From Forced Resignation to Forced Dental Analogies Well, it’s been a minute since I last posted, I am sure both of my subscribers already knew that though. Life has been chaotic. The past 6 months have felt like a long dessert hike but one that felt like I had no idea where I was going… Read more
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Wrestling With God
Holy Smackdown When I was growing up my older brother loved to watch WWE. World Wrestling Entertainment – the only place you can watch a grown man climb a ladder with a briefcase… and somehow it makes sense. I remember as a child watching the TV screen and trying to make sense of it all… Read more
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Apparently Life Doesn’t Come With An Answer Key Kids ask a lot of questions. My kids ask a obnoxious amount of questions. If I had dollar for every time my youngest asks “why?” I could give Elon Musk a run for his money. Okay, that’s an exaggeration – but still. We have a rule in… Read more
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One Unsteady Step At A Time…
I’d Rather Be Leaning On Jesus Than Falling On My Face It’s been 31 months since I first heard the words Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease. I had known something was wrong for months but was not prepared for the moment the doctor on the computer screen would say “I’d like you to bring your husband… Read more
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Where are we going exactly?
God, I Don’t Feel Like Singing Being a parent teaches you all sorts of lessons. It’s like living with tiny comedians who accidentally teach you things—I mean, who knew that life’s greatest lessons could come from quirky, chaotic, question-spewing little humans who have mastered the art of let’s-make-a-deal? And there it is, right smack dab… Read more
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Who’s idea was this anyway?
NOW HIRING: Crisis Manager I love it when people ask me what I do for fun. I mean, sure, there are the appropriate responses like gardening, reading, and going thrifting but what about the things we never say out loud? You know, the ones that make us weird. I’m talking about browsing Zillow for homes… Read more
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Uncharted Waters
By the way, apparently you can write anything and call it a blog. I got this. I like to joke with my older brother about being mom and dad’s favorite child. He likes to remind me that I grew up in a different home – which is just his way of saying I was a… Read more