This morning, in early morning darkness, I was puttering around the kitchen making lunches for my kids. I was already deep within the maze of my mind, planning and making lists for the day; worrying how I would fit everything in. Gently, a little hand tugged at my robe and invited me back to the […]
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My baby went to kindergarten this morning and I am feeling just a little bit sad today. Not wallowing in a gallon of ice cream sad. More stinging tears behind my eyes and a small lump in my throat kind of sad. It is the kind of sad that one only arrives at from a […]
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From Aveen’s article in this month’s “Queen of the Castle Magazine” “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” -Henry James My youngest son, age five, is all boy. As I write this, he wanders in from outside wearing no shirt, camouflage shorts, a […]
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