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It’s that wonderful time of year filled with cookies, ribbons, broken childhood ornaments, impossible to assemble toys, and just enough magic and laughter sprinkled throughout to give parents something to hang onto so that we gleefully repeat the whole process each year. While Tucker did break a Frosty the Snowman ornament that had my 1977 […]

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This holiday season, I’ll do a lot of things. I’ll play with my son in the freezing cold, watch The Charlie Brown Christmas show with him, and I’ll buy him something that he doesn’t need, anticipating the joy on his face when he sees that he has a present a few presents too many presents under our tree. […]

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There are certain toys that we don’t exactly welcome with glee and abandon this holiday season. Some fall in the category of obvious, like guns with darts that will most likely end up in my eye, messy craft crap that isn’t worth it, baby toys because Tucker’s delayed, and well, toys that he won’t, and […]

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It feels like Christmas today! Although I broke three bones in my hand while bravely fighting evil or something, and cannot put my hair in a ponytail or clasp my own bra, I received wonderful news from the orthopedic specialist today. It will not require surgery. I’m beyond relieved. Also, I got this very pretty […]

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It’s thankful time. But first, I’d like to tell you a story about how bargain hunting on Thanksgiving and Black Friday went wrong. Having not previously experienced the craziness of shopping while still full of laughter and turkey, my mother-in-law and I decided to head out and see whether the deals were worth postponing our […]

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I lived for 37 years before meeting my husband. 37 years is a lot of years. At times, it’s hard to imagine the thoughts, dreams, hopes, and heartbreaks of then-me.  Then-me seems vague, somehow. Now-me, and Mom-me are so righthere and rightnow that I forget how very much past darkness, and past lightnesses, have helped […]

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