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Rome! Day 2: The Colosseum
Posted on October 13, 2019

Rome! Day 2: The Colosseum

Hello to my fellow travelers, would-be travelers, and other wonderfuls who follow my blog–which isn’t always about travels. My travel posts have been coming a bit farther apart than they normally do, and I can blame this adorable person for filling my time while my son and his wife are at work. (She is so … Continue reading Rome! Day 2: The Colosseum

Thank God I Live Today
Posted on July 12, 2019July 13, 2019

Thank God I Live Today

I’ve been doing a lot of research. On crazy things. Like the history of diapers.  Did you know they used to wrap kids into “swaddling clothes” and leave them unchanged for days? When cloth rags began to be used in the same way as modern diapers, they were changed maybe once a day, shaken out, … Continue reading Thank God I Live Today

Happy Father’s Day!
Posted on June 16, 2019June 16, 2019

Happy Father’s Day!

Watching my husband in the delivery room with our oldest child, I fell in love with him all over again. I think even Doug was surprised by the intensity of emotion he felt as he held our daughter and their eyes met for the first time.  Fatherhood. Doug has done it well, and I am … Continue reading Happy Father’s Day!

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    • Hope After Death
    • Anna’s Song–first chapter!
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    • Whitewater in West Virginia
    • Almost Perfect (Let’s talk kidneys and surrender)
    • Costa Rica! On Packing Light
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    • My Favorite Martian, Part 1
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