Category: Life
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Beating hearts
When Kyeler was discharged from the NICU, we received a long list of specialist appointments to make for him. One was a cardiology follow up at 3 years old. Kyeler was born with a patent foramen ovale, or PFO, which is really just a fancy way of saying “hole in the heart.” It sounds scary,…
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12 things Tuesday
1. We did a belated birthday celebration for Kyeler over the weekend and I made this construction site cake! It was my first time making a birthday cake for one of my kids (normally Publix does the honors) and I really enjoyed the process. 2. Outer Banks is back woohoooo! Josh and I are on…
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Bouncy balls & rejection letters
“Mom, watch this!” CJ calls as I’m walking towards the dryer. It’s the battle cry of children everywhere. I turn and he dramatically tosses his small pink bouncy ball in the air, where it then hits the floor and pings against a wall. “Wow!” I exclaim. “That was a high bounce!” He smiles, satisfied with…
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12 things Tuesday (cruise edition!)
1. We just got back from three glorious days on the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship! It was me, Josh, the boys, my dad, and my brother and sister. Taking two toddlers on a cruise added a bit of… shall we say… mayhem? to the experience, but overall it was such a fun trip and surprisingly…
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12 things Tuesday
1. Last week I took the boys to Quarry Park and we had a blast. There was a walking trail and also a playground that was kind of built into the environment, like trampolines in the ground and such. Will definitely be going back! 2. I recently bought this hair loop tool that was probably…
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12 things Tuesday (Valentine’s day!)
I’ve seen a few bloggers doing “12 things Tuesday” posts and thought it would be fun to hop on the trend today! It’s just 12 off-the-cuff, in-the-moment thoughts. Here goes! 1. I’m sitting at my little desk drinking homemade hot cocoa (that I mentioned in my last post) and it’s super bright and sunny outside…
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January favorites
At times, January has felt like an enveloping darkness. Other times it’s felt like a fresh, bright new beginning. Often it has felt, paradoxically, somewhere in between. There’s a poet I love named Drew Jackson who puts it this way: “Not all darknessis the darkness of despair.This may be the darkness of the wombthat is…
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Quiet courage
Today I went back to the pool for the first time since our miscarriage. While I’m not a swimmer by any means, last summer I started going to a Monday morning water aerobics class at the Y. I was the youngest person there by a solid two decades, and it was great. I loved the…
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2023 goals
I am lovinggg all the new year energy swirling around and am letting myself get totally swept up in it! I might abandon my goals by February, but at least I’ll have fun making them in December. Here goes! Writing -Submissions + workshop: I’m planning to submit at least four essays this year to various…
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December 2022
-Making a birthday cake for Jesus -Playing tee-ball in the front yard -“Chains shall he break / For the slave is our brother / And in His name / All oppression shall cease” (I love this version) -Rereading Harry Potter -The boys singing Away in a Manger (which Kyeler most definitely thinks is called Away…
A Continual Feast 