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Saturday Baking and Appreciating Life…’Tis the Season for Sweet Insight
19 days ’til Christmas. How did THAT happen? We ask that question every year, don’t we? The hub-bub is underway: decorating, shopping, wrapping, card-writing, card-receiving, baking…. Yes, it’s baking time…. that one time of year I, a T2 Diabetic, actually spend time with copious amounts of sugar. Don’t get me wrong ~ I would…
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Please Don’t Come to My School When You’re Bald, Mommy: Helping Wee Ones Understand Cancer {Slice of Life}
I have two sisters. I am the oldest. And the bossiest, they would tell you. Whatever. I adore them. More than they will ever know. I adore their children even more. Their respective other halves are pretty awesome, too, but this post isn’t about the adults. Mostly. It’s about wee ones. And cancer. And…
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No Shave November: Hair Today … Gone Tomorrow??
Married to a mountain man? It sure has seemed so lately! As November comes to an end, so does my husband’s newest addition. I noticed several weeks ago that his goatee, or ‘goat’ as we call it, had begun to …. ummm…. expand. The usual clean-shaven cheeks gave way to the scruffy weekend look (which…
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Phase 1: And So it Begins…..
A few days ago, in between periods 3 and 4, I noticed I had a handful of text messages. With 25 teenagers shuffling in and out of my classroom every 55 minutes, needing hall passes, homework updates, and hugs when the day is off-kilter, looking at my cell phone is a luxury that happens…
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Sorry, Nurse Ratched
You can’t do that in here! There are privacy laws. Really? You might want to walk away…. Because…. I just did. And will again. You are going through the motions. We are going through the emotions. She is 1 in 8. She is our Baby Sister. She is a mother…