Category Archives: FAMILY

A Variety Of Posts Relating To Our Lives

Motherhood’s Beautiful Burden

Posted on September 26, 2013 by thisnest

With each new day that arrives – I gain a piece of you, and I lose a piece of you. Bittersweet blessings greet me with the rising sun. You are just vaguely different than you were. I look forward to … Continue reading →

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Summing It Up

Posted on September 20, 2013 by thisnest

So much has been happening here in This Nest, and I wanted to take a moment to catch everyone up before my Fall term begins next week. The end of Summer term marked the official end of my nursing program … Continue reading →

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Our Most Valuable Player

Posted on July 15, 2013 by thisnest

He has always been an athlete, our first-born. He has been throwing and running and climbing and jumping at a level above what is age appropriate since forever. He’s had a six-pack since he was a toddler, for crying out … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet Week

Posted on June 10, 2013 by thisnest

Eighteen years. Eighteen years. Since I first met him, first held him, first kissed him. I am grateful that through all of those years, with all of their accidents and incidents and broken skin and broken bones and broken hearts…my baby … Continue reading →

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Feeling God

Posted on June 7, 2013 by thisnest

Having just finished cleaning off the back porch, I sat in the afternoon sun and listened to my gospel music. My youngest came out to join me. After a kiss and a hug, he sat on my lap as I sang … Continue reading →

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