Category: Slice of Life
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I bought my niece a book
I bought my niece a book. Buying her a book is not a new thing or a thing worthy of a blog post. What is worthy of a blog post is that my niece is not like everyone else. Her ribs are flared out instead of following the normal path. Her body moves a bit…
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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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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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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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Poetry, my son, a cow and the moon
I was supposed to teach my son about poetry. The lesson plan had the poems to use. I glanced at them and thought they looked boring. If you are new to my blog, you may have missed an earlier blog post of mine. Basically, I don’t like poetry, much. I’m getting better at that though. Instead…
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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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Spring break
Today my slice is short and simple. We are on spring break this week, and we are spending time together as a family. Less interruptions. Less facebook and twitter. Less scheduled activities. No formal school work, just learning through life this week. A week of fun and family. And I will fill you in on…
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The Waiting Room
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in waiting rooms as my son has his ongoing vision therapy sessions. I’ve always liked to people watch, but somehow this hour of sitting causes me to watch even more. Today this is what I saw while I waited and watched news coverage on the sole television…