Mothering Emma Kate, Jack, & Liam
Today it’s raining inside my heart (just a little). What’s going on, it’s nothing life-changing. Just the accumulation of muddy puddles of uncertainty. And I feel like I am standing here without an umbrella. But, It’s time to embrace the rain (life). Soak it in and move forward with purpose. It may be raining, but [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2010 by tonya
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I could buy them all the toys they desire (I couldn’t really), but I promise they wouldn’t be as happy with Legos and Wii games and what-nots as they are with collecting acorns. Yes, acorns. I love this. At Mawmaw and Pawpaw’s, Emma Kate and Jack collected a large paper bag filled with acorns. And [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2010 by tonya
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Happy Birthday Liam
Posted on September 13th, 2010 by tonya
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Dear Grandparents, Please forgive my forgetfulness. Today is Grandparents Day (did you forget too?), and I completely and utterly failed to remember and recognize it. (Feeling kind of lousy about this). Please know that for my children, every day is Grandparents Day. They adore you, they really do. We don’t need a special day to [...]
Posted on September 12th, 2010 by tonya
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I remember Emma Kate’s first birthday. I can close my eyes and picture her little hands clapping together in eager anticipation that day. We were (too) zestfully excited to witness her growth- to see her change into her own unique little person. We were carefree in allowing ourselves to happily approach the toddler years and [...]
Posted on September 11th, 2010 by tonya
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Disclaimer: If you don’t want to read sappy, do not read this post. I am talking public display of affection sappy. Ok, consider yourself warned. Too often I feel surrounded by sadness. Dads on Twitter raising money to find cures for childhood cancer. Friends in the midst of gut-wrenching divorces. A realization post-refrigerator-clean-out that our [...]
Posted on September 11th, 2010 by tonya
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