Friends, if you’re expecting a pretty Pinterest-perfect burlap wreath of a post, you’ve maybe dropped by on the wrong day.  This one’s the real deal, a bit messy. I’ve cried, gotten frustrated, I even threw a hissy fit like a 2-year-old.  Why? Because these last two weeks I’ve felt like my life, my work, my relationships, right now, […]

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My daughter ran wildly up to our screen door.  “Mommy! Mommy!  I caught a toad! I caught a toad!  Look! Look!” (You know she’s really excited when she’s saying everything twice)  In her cupped hands was a lovely, bumpy, spotted, clever-looking toad.  She looked up at me excitedly as I snapped this photo: “He peed on me, but […]

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Parents love to  imagine that their children will do great things one day.  Who knows what’s in store for her? we wonder.  Who knows what education she’ll get, what career she will pursue, what difference she will make for the world?  Will she get married and start a family? Will she  blaze her own adventurous trail? We […]

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