One Word 2012
I am joining the One Word project today. Setting aside years of angst and agony over New Year’s Resolutions. I was very excited to pick one simple word to represent the year to come. I even let the...
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I’m like a badly dubbed foreign film. The words sound right, but the voice is all wrong. My lips keep moving long after the words are said. It feels laughably false, but they keep on watching anyway....
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Today you are a possibility. Not even a probability. A might. A maybe. A hope for what could be. A month ago, I didn’t see you coming. After almost 3 years of waiting and wondering, we were ready to...
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I know that many of you are eager for updates on our adoption process. I wish I could give some definitive answers, but right now all I can say is that it’s looking good! These things do not move...
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Last month was an ordeal. Our microwave broke… again. There was weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. I told my husband to suck it up and be a man. Poor Glen. This is our third microwave. Not the...
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So… today, this happened: We added a new pair of shoes to the blog. This sentence is meaningless to most people, but to us, it means that today is The Day We Have Been Waiting For, for three years....
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Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! I sound just like one of my kids (B still wishes herself a happy birthday months later). By my age, most women are less enamored with the birthday process...
View Article2012 In A Word
My new favourite necklace – a gift from the talented Sheri Webb. In 2012, I went against my instincts and ditched New Year’s Resolutions. I jumped on the One Word bandwagon: instead of an endless list...
View ArticleOne Word 2012
I am joining the One Word project today. Setting aside years of angst and agony over New Year’s Resolutions. I was very excited to pick one simple word to represent the year to come. I even let the...
View ArticleUnspoken Things: Is This Grief Normal?
I’m like a badly dubbed foreign film. The words sound right, but the voice is all wrong. My lips keep moving long after the words are said. It feels laughably false, but they keep on watching anyway....
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