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  • Grateful…

    For a husband who when offered the chance to watch football at a friend's house or at the wings place, says that if he did that he wouldn't be home with us.  For a daughter who doesn't just cook dinner sometimes, but is usually the one who plans dinner and makes sure we get fed

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  • Piecing the family together

    My friend Lori is a professional photographer. She borrowed the kids last week to try out some photographic magic. What a fabulous idea, never having to get all the kids holding still, looking the right way, smiling with eyes open all at once!    

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  • My handsome Marine

    Charlie (seen here right before he flew out) is at Camp Pendleton in California for School of Infantry training. He is able to check in on the weekends, which is so nice after months of not talking to him. He says it is harder than boot camp, but he loves it. He will be there

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  • {this moment}

    {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, visit Soulemama to leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to

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  • He loves his cars!

    I know my other two boys loved cars when they were toddlers. Timmy could roll them around on a table before he could stand. Charlie was lucky enough to have the big board with a whole town painted on it that my mom made long ago for my little brother. But my little guy is

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  • Brothers

    Some moments are too good to not share!

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  • A mind is a terrible thing to lose!

    Old age must be setting in, or maybe it is finally all the stress catching up with me. It has been a gradual process up till now, not finishing sentences, forgetting why I walked into a room, and so on. But, yesterday, I hit a low so low it scared me. Court's debit card isn't

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  • Enough already!

    Tomorrow is the big day: The Blizzard of 2010 is scheduled to begin in the morning! I am all for a nice, big snow each winter. But just ONE nice big snow is plenty! We have done more shoveling in the last six weeks than we did the last four winters. It would be a

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