When the munchkins were younger, there was a lot of crying in our house. Actually, there was a lot of crying outside the house and in the car, too. Let’s just say that if we had collected all those tears they shed (as well as the ones I shed during their tantrums and meltdowns!), we could’ve […]
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Hola! Happy cinco de mayo and happy monday to you all. I hope you had a good weekend. I’m happy to announce that we finally took down our Christmas tree yesterday – it was a few months overdue, but better late than never, right? 😉 Here are today’s mentionables: 1. Quinoa. Okay, so the first
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Whoever said, “Actions speak louder than words” obviously had children. How do I know this? Because the two little people who showed up on our doorstep one day and call me “MO-OM!” have made me painfully aware of every little thing I do. I see my own actions in the way they talk to each
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Image courtesy of Sira Anamwong/freedigitalphotos.net Grief is a funny thing. It has a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it and bowls you over with its crushing weight. It remembers too much and with more details than you can bear to swallow. It fades away too slowly even though days, months
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Our doggie pal, Sparkle, went to doggie heaven today. After a decade of living with us, he is now resting peacefully and pain free. The past year was a hard one on him with several recurring infections that just wouldn’t go away even with multiple rounds of antibiotics. Despite his illnesses, he kept amazing us
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