Yesterday, October 9, on Hunter’s actual turning-four-years-old birthday, I was once again explaining how his mommy had been my baby and I remembered her turning four and how now he was her baby.  The concept is still mystifying to him in some ways, but he pondered, “So that’s why you love us both so much?”  Yes, [...]

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Twenty-four years ago today, my one and only male-child-by-birth arrived.  Twenty-four years ago today, the baby whose birth caused me to both laugh and cry and kept me up all night long looking at him and loving him and breathing him in was born.  (See last year’s post here)
Today is Rocky’s birthday.
Happy Birthday, Rocky, intense [...]

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I have 8 nephews and 2 nieces among my siblings.  For the most part, we’ve never lived in the same city, so they are just these far-off adorables you get to see growing up through Christmas card photos and the every-other-year family gatherings.  They are a pretty likeable bunch!

Until March, we have never lived closer [...]

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See the trailer:  http://www.dare2share.org/gospeljourneymaui/
The stars of this film were nurtured and food-powered by Carol Ann Kelly (http://cakboliv.wordpress.com/) and me, see here.

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Here is what we learned today, just Guini and I having a little time to ourselves: gardening trumps Play-Doh time.   We  harvested 3 different types of peppers,  4  varieties of tomatoes, some cukes, some zucchini and handfuls of green beans.   Oh - and some wayward okra that seeded itself this year.   We [...]

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I had the weirdest dream.   I was in a carnival-like crowd of gazillions of people.   We were on a city street outside what I knew to be the hotel I was staying in.   I was surrounded by high-rises and  hundreds of people, many I knew from various times and places of my [...]

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Hey - check out a feature from today’s newspaper in Aberdeen, SD.   It’s all about my little brother, Joe who pastors there.   There is even an online clip of the building his congregation is renovating right now.  
They did a front page spread on him a few years ago with a big picture [...]

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Read Tristan’s birthday post from last year here.   I bawled when I wrote it and he may have sniffled a bit when he read it.   We’ll keep it cool this year.
Today Tristan, my first son-in-law ever, turns 28!
Happy Birthday, Tristan, superb son-in-law and waaaaay above average husband to my daughter, Stephanie.   Happy [...]

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Carol Ann did this to me.  

She has “awarded” me this symbol and names me a blog she hearts.   And truly it would be a wonderful prize, except that I have to WORK for it.   I have to award it to 7 other people and have them pay it forward.   And so [...]

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Gavin (5)  is in Kindergarten now.   He seems rather appalled at the lack of snacks and refreshments offered by his new teacher, as when he pre-schooled with me, each completed assignment signified it was time for a break and snack!   He also knows here, even if I put “special toys” away [...]

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