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W is quite taken with a harmonica player that he got in one of his Advent bags this year. This morning he surprised me in the kitchen with a song that he wanted to dedicate to WaWa. (Obviously he is laying it on THICK because he is angling for a smoothie…)

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Indego Africa: Social Good Gifts

Disclosure: I was given a gift card to shop at Indego Africa so that I could write about using their site. I kept shopping beyond the gift card. One of the most powerful things on the Indego Africa website is a quote on their Artisan page. “I am now a well-to-do woman. I can eat [...]

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I’ve been blogging for a while. In the years that I have been blogging the look of my blog has changed, the things that I write about have ebbed and flowed, and the opportunities that I have been given have grown. Within eight years I have quit blogging twice. The first time was when an [...]

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When the garbage men smoke: explaining smoking to your kids

My son has many heroes. He celebrates every time he sees them as they are every day kind of folks that maybe you or I wouldn’t think twice about. His heroes are forklift drivers, mechanics, people who check out the groceries. Above all his heroes are the people who collect trash. Not just our local [...]

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The Father Map

by on May 19, 2013

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I was putting away the laundry upstairs when I heard W talking to Lolly down in the dining room. “This is my father’s map. He gave it to my mama when I was a baby and she gave it to me.” I could hear the surprise in my Mom’s voice but she joined in his [...]

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New Hat.

by on May 13, 2013

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W has a new hat

W has a long history of hat wear. If I had more energy I would present to you a collection of his mug in hats. But if I paused to go hunting for those photos now another day might go without my writing here and for heavens sake we have got to get that Mother’s [...]

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Happy Mothership Day: celebrating the people who make motherhood possible

The other day W told me that he would like some binoculars for Mother’s Day. I just looked at him. He continued. “I want the kind with the string on them that I can wear on my neck when I’m not using them.” I blinked at him. “And you don’t have to wrap it!” Ah, [...]

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