Category: Daily Living
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I MADE IT!
So the flights were smooth and I made it home alive! The trip with my mom was fun – seeing her around her family really gives me so much insight into who she is…
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I Like the Past Right Where It Is….
My ten year reunion invitations have started rolling in – my email has been inundated with notes from people I don’t even remember telling me how great it will be if I can pay…
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New Traditions
It is Easter Weekend – so much to do with the kids.. so little time. We will, of course, do the wonderfully fun egg hunt and find some time to feast during this weekend. …
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Feelings.. Nothing More than Feelings…
People in Nashville don’t know how to drive. Period. When the light turns green, it takes them more than thirty seconds to actually begin to move, and, if you are unlucky enough to be…
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Music For All Ages
I don’t know how I stumbled upon him, but sometime ago (I think my son was two?) I began a quest for music that my son and I could share. I found some wonderful…
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Lazy Days of Summer… I mean Spring.
So, it appears I am already ready for the relaxation of summertime. This morning I just couldn’t bring myself to rush about in our typical “gotta get to school on time” manner. I really…
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Getting to Know Your New Family
My husband’s parents are here for a three day visit and we are having such a fantastic time. There is ease in our interaction and there is great levity to our conversations. We sincerely…
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Saturdays Are Daddy Days
Many dads, like myself, have to work Monday through Friday. We only get to see our sons and daughters in the morning before we leave to work, and in the early evening when we…
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Movin’ on Up…to the East Side
My husband and I are moving out of our apartment into a house over in East Nashville. East Nashville is a growing neighborhood with some kinks to work out but overall it has a…
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Treating the Untreatable
This last week has been murder on me and my six year old son. He has been home all week with what I thought to be just a bad cold. By Wednesday evening, he…