Category: Memories
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10 Years Ago
10 years ago. 10 years ago I said hello to my first baby. 10 years ago I said goodbye to my son Aidan. 10 years ago I waited and waited to hear that first cry. 10 years ago I heard that cry after we told the Dr. to stop CPR. 10 years ago I…
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Second Grade Summary – Slice of Life
Every summer I try to create a little end-of-the-school-year blog post. As a virtual school/homeschool family, it can be hard to see the “positives” day in and day out. The end of the school year posts are my way of reminding myself and my son of how far he came in the previous school year.…
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Happy Birthday – Slice of Life
Today my son turns 8! I can hardly believe it. I still can remember the day he was born. I was overdue and was scheduled to be induced on a Monday. My parents from Minnesota decided to come out early. As a little back story, they weren’t able to make it for the birth or…
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Teachers Write! – Describe a Specific Place
As part of the writing prompt for today’s yesterday’s Teacher’s Write, we were encouraged to pick a place and write a description of that place. Here is my paragraph(s) written within the two minute time frame and then additional time to rewrite with more details. — The prairie grasses stand tall in the deep road ditch. They…
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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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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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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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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…
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Easter – Spring Break Recap Part2
Easter egg hunts and ham. We had the traditional Easter fare in an untraditional way – on the beach and at a resort. Easter morning started with an egg hunt for the boys in the resort lobby. When we called the front desk the day before, we were told the hunt was at 10 am.…
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Dog Poop and Salt & Pepper Shakers – Spring Break Recap – Part 1
We had our spring break this past week! Our destination was Ormond Beach, Florida near Daytona Beach. We were so looking forward to a break from our reality! What made it even better was knowing we would meet my parents in Florida as they would be joining us for our vacation! Our vacation didn’t quite…