A School Year Gone By

I walked him into his little classroom, my grip on his hand whitening knuckles for sure. This was big, this Kindergarten thing, and I knew my mother/smother hen nature was fighting letting go as we made the trek inside. It's inevitable when it's school time. What was once a choice was now a command. We made our way in and found his desk and said hi to the pretty little girl sitting beside him....

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The Best and Worst of Me

One of the biggest misconceptions from this social media driven world we live in is that everyone else's life is perfect. It's human nature to want to post cute pictures of our littles, the good things we've done this week and what all we're involved in and put it out there for the world to see. And while there's a fine line there that I think need's to be drawn as far as airing our dirty laundry,...

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Downstairs

Today my house is quiet. The littles are at school and here I sit out on the back deck reflecting on the whirlwind that has been the past five days. Birds are chirping, I can hear the pond ripping and the sun is shining bright. Anyone one would think that's a great day, right? Yes, matter of fact it is. Except that I miss those three little voices. The floor has been mopped and those little feet...

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