When the garbage men smoke

by on May 20, 2013

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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 Mother’s Day to the People Who Make it Possible

by on May 11, 2013

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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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Smelling the tulips

by on May 9, 2013

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Smell the Tulips: the boy with pink fingernails moment

This afternoon a boy I didn’t recognize came up to me at the playground and asked me why my son had pink fingernails. I was about to explain, but then I thought, you know what, W should be able to explain to someone why he has pink fingernails. So I told the boy to ask [...]

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Someone on the internet

by on May 7, 2013

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Someone on the internet: how has someone helped you?

JJ is having her surgery today. Right now to be exact. All night I was thinking about all of the collisions of threads of life that happened that make the internet special. Sure, there are some dark sides of the internet. Every bright moment has a shadow.  JJ is one of the bright moments of [...]

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Feeding Marshall: how I save money at the pump (Sweepstakes)

by on May 6, 2013

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Feeding Marshall: how I save money at the pump (and you can too!)

We name all of our cars, we always have. When we said goodbye to Millie’s Cadillac and got a proper family-style car we gave W naming rights. It was on the journey home that he announced the name to our new used car. “Marsha Ro!” is what he squealed from the back seat. Our GPS [...]

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