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Just A Few Reasons Why I Love My Mom

Posted on May 11, 2014 by thisnest

Because there was never a shortage of hugs and kisses. Because she loved me gently, even when I screamed for two straight days on the Greyhound bus with a raw-butt-rash-allergic-reaction to disposable diapers. Because she made me believe that the whole … Continue reading →

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First Day of School

Posted on September 4, 2013 by thisnest

  First day of school. First day of kindergarten. First day of high school. First day of no high school. First day without a best buddy. First day as a part time high school/part time college student. We are a … 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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My Heroes

Posted on November 24, 2012 by thisnest

Thankful. Grateful. Appreciative. Blessed. I am all of these. Much more than a roasted turkey thankful. Far more than sweet potato pie grateful. Abundantly more appreciative than a football game on the TV while we stuffed our faces yesterday. Blessed. … Continue reading →

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Summer Day Memories

Posted on August 4, 2012 by thisnest

It isn’t easy to get this many people to, well, anywhere with sanity intact. Add to the chaos a whopping 102 degrees, bees flying around the heads of bee-phobic daughters, and a grumpy three-year-old fresh off the heals of a … Continue reading →

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