Writing
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April Fools’ Day
“Hey Hannah,” I said, motioning her over to her Easter basket loot. “Do you remember eating these?” I asked, pointing to the Cadbury mini eggs. “No….well, kind of…” she replied. “These are your dad’s FAVORITE Easter candies. I thought you’d really like them, too,” I explained. Ever trying to include a deployed parent into daily… Continue reading
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Teachers
Excited for their respective field trips, both kids had no trouble getting out of bed. “Where’s my class shirt?!” One hollered from the closet. “Hanging right there,” I hollered back. “Right where you hung it up last night so you wouldn’t forget it….” I continued, mumbling the last part to myself as I grabbed the… Continue reading
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Internal Thought Vomit
Eric and I have a commonly repeated conversation, usually while driving. It goes something like this, Continue reading
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Rainbows and Reasons
“Roy G Biv,” I told her, selecting the crayons out of the vast array of options. “Roy G Biv?! What?!” she asked. “The colors of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet,” I rattled off the words, much to her amazement. It’s so easy impressing a 4 year old with your vast knowledge… Continue reading
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Newsflash: You’re an adult.
Can we get real here for a minute? You are an adult. (Really. Even if it doesn’t feel like it.) Part of being a grown up human being with a body is taking care of said body. “I don’t like exercise.” “Working out is boring.” “I don’t have time to cook.” “I don’t like the… Continue reading
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Scary Things and Happy Tears
Do things that scare you. Such a great idea – in theory. But things that really scare you? Um….but….it’s scary! A scary thing to me is anything car engine related. Eric has done a TON of work on this beater, whom we lovingly named Bertha. I grew up in the midst of many cars in… Continue reading
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Go Big or Go Home
I haven’t felt like I’ve had much to write about lately. Much of that comes from just being too busy, tired, in the midst of deployment, blah, whatever – to put forth the energy to make coherent sentences. I often identify with Solomon in Ecclesiastes…”there is nothing new under the sun” Ecc. 1:4-11 when it… Continue reading
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From the Nope Files
My hilarious friend (from Halcyon Hive) regularly posts on Facebook what she refers to as the “Nope files…” and showcases all kinds of awful insects and bugs from her part of the country. I crack up every time. For example: This little Nope is also known as the Arrow Spider. Bonus resentment towards it because… Continue reading
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Ready
To say I hate bugs would be an understatement. I’ve dealt with cane spiders (the size of my hand!), centipedes, and B52 bomber cockroaches in Hawaii, large and small spiders that crawl up the bath drain in Washington, water moccasins and fire ants in Florida and of course the beloved scorpions, mutant mosquitoes, crickets, wolf… Continue reading
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Be the Good
Feeling antsy and not knowing what to do, I have been glued to news outlets following the coverage of Hurricane Harvey. Many of us have been lucky in Corpus Christi with minor damage. Our neighbors to the north, and of course Houston, have been devastated. Inland flooding in small communities that the news will likely… Continue reading
Life and Other Stuff 