Category: writing
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Siblings who Create
I create with words. My sister creates with fabrics. My brother creates with photographs. We are siblings who create. It has been a long week here at my house. While I wish I had more time to write some deep insightful posts, my brain is begging me for short snippets of life. I’m attempting to…
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The Word Count
Today I submit an article to a client. One of my favorite parts of the writing process is watching the number of words change until I meet the word count limit. I thought I would share my word count process from this article. The words are from 4 sources, 29 single pages of handwritten notes from the…
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A List of Middles
We are a family of four. Two adults. Two children. Well sometimes one adult and three children. 😉 Our kitchen table has six chairs. Three on one side. Three on the other side. Two middles. My sons fight over the middle chair on one of the sides. They run to the table and almost dive…
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Laughter in the Midst of Grief
My son missed his own funeral. Yes. You read that correctly. My son missed his own funeral. I can laugh at it. It is one of the aspects of Aidan’s life that brings me a lot of laughter. It is where I can clearly remember laughter in the midst of grief. Aidan only lived for…
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I can’t do it all
Can I let you in on a little secret? Probably one that not very many people know. I don’t clean my house. What you scream? Wait. I didn’t say I live in a dirty house. I simply said I don’t clean my house. Yes, I pick up after myself. Yes, my boys are supposed to…
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A Sick Child Changes Everything
It is Thursday. Our busiest day of the week. A sick child changes everything. Instead of spending the day with our homeschool friends, swimming lessons and gymnastics, we are huddled on the couch watching tv shows with our sick supplies nearby us. Here is hoping that this nice little bug moves quickly through our family…
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Swirling Thoughts
I have a million ideas floating through my head. Okay. Maybe not a million but a lot. One of the things I’ve learned about myself through the Slice of Life challenge is that I have a lot more creativity in my head than I think. I know that sounds funny coming from someone who is…
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If only she knew….
“Oh, you have two boys with Irish names. How cute,” the lady said to me. “You really need to have a little girl. Caitlin would be a beautiful Irish name for a girl,” she continued. I cringed and laughed it off. “No, I am fine with my boys,” I nicely replied. “Well you must try,”…
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Field Trip Day
Today I don’t have a witty post. I don’t have a deep and insightful post. Today I simply post that it is FIELD TRIP DAY in our homeschool life. Off to a science museum we go with some of our homeschool friends. Who knows what wonders we will discover. Who knows what inspiration I will…
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Mercedes Mom
She is the Mercedes Mom. That is what I call her. I guess she could call me the Honda Mom. How sad that I am identifying her by the car she drives. You see, I don’t know her name. She and I spend an hour together each week. We both walk into the gymnasium. We…