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I went to the “nursery” yesterday. It was fantastically sunny and the owner was very helpful to tell me what plants do well in Colorado and what I should expect out of them. As I was planting my new “babies”, one of my real life babies was next to me digging in the dirt, playing with [...] Have you ever noticed how many songs focus on love – romantic love? Lost love, found love, loving through the circumstances, enduring love… I was thinking yesterday that not many songs recount the love that a parent has for a child – and the few that do stand out. “Butterfly Kisses” “Daddy’s Hands” “In my Daughter’s [...] He told me he loved me last night before going to sleep. I said, “I love you, too.” Sort of in the we’ve-been-married-13-years-and-this-subject- is-pretty-much-covered-and-I-am-reading-a-good-book-over-here sort of way. Then I said, “thank you for taking us up to Estes Park today. I love-love-love that town. There is just something about that town and the scenery and the [...] Hannah beat Grandpa today at Candyland. Ellie won a game of Candyland and Trouble. They won fair and square – he didn’t throw the games. It’s ok, though – we fed him cookies. Today, I ran my last load of laundry in my old Maytag washer and dryer. We received them as a wedding gift 13 years ago. I read that the average life span for a washer and dryer is 10-13 years. My Mom and Ryan’s Mom both had Maytags for 20+ years while we were growing [...] We were gearing up to play a game of Twister after dinner last night. I told Ryan to be careful not to fall on any little people. Ellie piped up, “Yeah, cause I might get squished-ded!” It took 8 minutes to get home from Kohl’s tonight. This is a new term to me. Well not now, now that I have experienced one… Today it dumped about 3 inches on the ground in the 30 minutes I was in the grocery store. I had to load up kids and groceries into my van in “white out” conditions while hearing the rumble of thunder [...] He might be turning 35 next week… He might work his tail off all week in a job he loves (generally) in order to provide for his family… But my husband is the biggest kid when it comes to living here near the mountains. He is a kid and the mountains are his playground. He took us skiing [...] 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, 18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, 19 The Sovereign LORD is my [...] |
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