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Parenting posts that include the touching, the embarrassing, the annoying, the typical, the atypical, the whatever. You just have to be a parent to get these.

For this week’s Finish the Sentence Friday, Kenya suggested sharing 10 photos from our phones, which I thought would be easy (after all, I could show you 10 of puppy Nugget and be done with it because she really is that adorable). Turns out, it was more difficult than I thought. I ended up choosing […]

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I wish schools (and life) had every child’s best interests in mind, but they’re limited by staffing inadequacies and are forced to put resources where they’re needed most. I get that. I’m also less than thrilled to be facing this reality at Tucker’s new school. Special Ed Support Problems, Some People Suck, & Changes I […]

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Years ago, when Chief and I found one another, he was about 18 months old and fully trained. The story the guy at the shelter told me was that he was a pure-bread white German Shepherd that’d gone through an extensive obedience program. According to him, as Chief got older, he was less white and […]

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What it Feels Like to be Shy You want the room to swallow you. You’re not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough. You’re not enough. Shy is hiding your shaking hands. Being shy is feeling each atom of blood rush though pounding ears. It’s wishing somebody would see you and say “hi” while simultaneously wishing […]

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If you’re friends with me on Facebook, you might know I just had a birthday. A big one. I’m in denial but… *cough* I just turned 50. One half of a century. This aging thing ain’t a joke, friends! Also? I have a newly-nine-year-old. These two things aren’t unique in themselves, but they’re here in Colorado […]

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Sometimes, when you hear stories about a grandparent when you’re young, you tune them out, and only remember parts. It’s not until you want to share family history with your own child that those stories become interesting again. On our drive from Virginia to Colorado, we stopped in Dayton, Ohio, where my dad grew up. […]

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