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My daughter Janie ran up to me today, curls bouncing and eyes sparkling, and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Mama, I love you the most of anyone!" Then she thought for a moment and (clearly not wanting to leave her other loved ones out of the picture) tempered that with, [...]
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What I love most about winter is that nearly everyone has some way of celebrating by bringing light to the long nights. So, whether you are celebrating Christmas today or lighting a Hanukkah candle tonight or celebrated winter solstice this past weekend, I wish you [...]
In last Monday's post, I promised to send handmade bookmarks to three of the commenters on that post. My son Austen helped me with the drawing. We put all the names in a hat...
And then Austen drew the names. I asked him to hold each one up in his hand so I could [...]
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I am in a gleeful, grateful and giving mood today and want to share. A few circumstances have conspired to prompt me to run a little giveaway for all of you out there in Bloglandia: 1. I've recently received love (in the form of [...]
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When Austen was a baby, a friend of my husband's gave him a stuffed camel, which she brought for him all the way from Israel. However, Austen never showed much interest in toys without wheels or numbers. The sole exception was a stuffed rabbit [...]
I've posted here before about a charity auction organized by Bella at Beyond the Map and other bloggers for Jeni at The Comfy Place. Jeni is a single mom to a son who is about the same age as mine, and she has Stage Four colon cancer.
The auction is online now at http://stores.ebay.com/bloggers-for-Jeni!
It features [...]
I wanted to let you all know about something special that Bella at Beyond the Map is helping to organize for Jeni at The Comfy Place. Jeni is a single mom to a son who is about the same age as mine, and she has Stage Four colon cancer.
Bella and friends are working on [...]
