Month: May 2012
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Wordless Wednesday – My Name in Print
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A sliver of time
I should be making my family dinner. Instead I’m trying to throw together a post for today. So this is my slice for the day. Just a sliver of time to write. Maybe tomorrow will be a better writing day. I’m posting every Tuesday as part of the weekly Slice of Life over at Two Writing Teachers.
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Inspiration Paused
This week I am lacking inspiration for writing. Some weeks and days I can see it all around me. A story here. A story there. This week, I don’t see inspiration at all. Where did it go? Maybe it is the fact that all my paid writing assignments are done and submitted. Maybe it is…
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my dad, a dead mouse and a fraction kit
My dad likes to tell this story. He had an art project due. He remembered the hour before it was due. He was in shop class. The same teacher I would have years later thanks to a small town school. He and his friends literally threw together a cityscape with left over wood pieces. Throw…
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Homework and Life
My son doesn’t understand what it is like to have homework. He is seven – almost eight – and finishing up second grade. He attends a virtual charter school where we very much function as a homeschooling family. He knows that school work goes until it is done. He understands working ahead to take a…
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Mother’s Day without Children
Happy Mothers Day people cheer all around. You stand there without children. All the moms are getting flowers. Do you go up for one? You are a mother. A mother without a child. Your child is buried in a little cemetery. All the other moms have kids running up with them. Do you walk up…
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Sponge Bob, Mario Cart and International Communication
We are a couple weeks into hosting our international high school student. It has been a fun experience that we all have been enjoying. I can’t help to think that some of those international communication classes I took in grad school are finally paying off! Last night as the boys were out with Keith to…
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love of music
This weekend we interrupted our baseball life for some music. My oldest son, Kory and I went to a community band concert. We didn’t randomly pick it. Kory’s former piano teacher plays in the horn section and had a featured piano solo. Since we hadn’t seen her for a few months and she was hoping…
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What Busy Looks Like
We have been very busy here at our home. Baseball schedules for two boys. Home responsibilities. Volunteer responsibilities. Work responsibilities. School. Adventures. Birthday Celebrations. Opening up our home to a student. This is what busy looks like for us. What does busy look like for you?
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Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to my youngest today. He turns four. Oh the memories of those first few days of his life. The memories he has helped me create since then. And today on his birthday, we will make more memories. We are getting our “mud boots” ready to search for tadpoles and frogs with my real-life…