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No More Room

December 19, 2016

FIRST KID: Mom saves everything from first scribble on a paper plate to first toenail clipping to first haircut to every paper from school, neatly stacked in color coded, systematic boxes. FOUR KIDS LATER: “Mom, where’s the artwork I finally brought home yesterday? I spent 15 months working on it.”

Day Without Mom

December 10, 2016

My family just picked me up from work. We are now headed to hang out with a group of great friends around a bonfire…. ME: “So how was your day alone with 4 kids?” Kevin: 👀 “Well…..” ME: 👀 KEVIN: 👀👀👀 :::::we pulled out onto Augusta Highway before he continued:::::

The True Impact of Fostering and Adopting

December 8, 2016

Many of you are aware that my husband Kevin was born to a teenage foster child on the inner city streets of Rochester area in Upstate Western New York. He has no clue who his sperm donor was. His earliest memories were NOT of a loving two parent home filled

My 34 Birthday

December 2, 2016

Mom, Dad and I moved into their Little Yellow House in Summer of ’86. I was 3 years old. They still live there. Every year on my birthday, mom has always held an intimate family birthday party. Every year she cooks a big birthday dinner. And every year she bakes

Toddler's First Bikeride

November 22, 2016

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They Really are Good Kids

October 30, 2016

Maggie’s working through a large 1st Grade Workbook I bought her. Jack is helping her with the “too hard” questions. Caleb is wrestling with Juli, making silly faces at her, and causing her to laugh. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton are singing on the stereo. I sometimes give these kiddos

Emotional Cloud Drifts

July 20, 2016

Clouds are fascinating. They mimic our hectic emotions and rumbling thoughts, in all their swirling forms, with such startling accuracy.

True Friends or Aquaintence?

July 15, 2016

How do you define “friend”? Here’s a good question that I was discussing with a friend (someone who I consider a legit friend!) the other day. Facebook has whitewashed the term “friend” over the past 10 years. It’s an easy, comforting label that we all know isn’t 100% factual…..but would

Most Beautiful Song on Earth

July 14, 2016

In 1975, a sci-fi novel called “Bid Time Return” (written by the same author of I Am Legend, What Dreams May Come, and a number of Twilight Zone episodes) followed playwrite Richard Collier’s growing obsession with the haunting image of a beautiful woman he had only seen in a decades

Four Words to Your 17 Year Old Self

July 13, 2016

Good morning! What would you say to your 17 year old self if you could? Four words. Just 4 easy words. For me, I would say: “People aren’t that bad” “Life is very fluid” “Don’t be so judgmental” “Force yourself to connect” “Let yourself love others” The day I turned

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Stories Bond Us All

Tiny Stories