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Little of this, little of that
is what I’ve been up to lately. Of course I’m preparing for Wine to Water. This year on top of local wine being offered as a tasting I have successfully convinced a local distillery to donate their...
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Energy in, energy out
I go in waves of reading, you guys do that? I’ll read every day for hours on end for a few weeks and then I’ll not read a page for the next few weeks. I’m currently in a reading mood-something about...
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Mexico Trip-Siblings and Parents!
A little time spent with my family in the morning and then THE REST OF THE DAY with some of my other favorite people in all of the earth. I’ve not laughed that hard for that many straight days perhaps...
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Official Michigander
My whole life (except for a short, 1-year stint as a South Dakotan) I’ve been an Iowan. How weird to now call myself a Michigander. We’ve lived here for just over a week now and I do believe we are...
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Mother’s Day
I genuinely believe if you ask any adoptive mama their thoughts on Mother’s Day they would all tell you some variation of the word “conflicted”. My friend Jody once said it best (and it has been spread...
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My birthday
So I had a birthday last week. I can totally see how women in their 30s say things like, “Oh man, 30s are so much better than 20s.” And then women in their 40s say that about their 30s, etc, etc....
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Weekending
Since we’ve moved to Michigan at the end of April we haven’t had a weekend without visitors. Have I mentioned how lucky we are to have so many family and friends willing and able to make the trip up to...
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A year that goes beyond DIY
Last week the tire on my minivan that had been slowly leaking for a week or so finally got tired of my constant refilling and popped. Fortunately, just off the interstate was a tire shop....
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#1-Learn to hang frames
As I said in my original post-this one I’m a little embarrassed about. There has been a small pile of picture frames, thread portraits and even a random piece of wood that fell off our wall left for...
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12 Years
On Sunday Zach and I celebrated the fact that these two crazy kids have survived 12 years of marriage. I know it’s not romantic to say “survived” but anyone who has been married will tell you that’s...
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On being a Christian who doesn’t go to church.
One of the more popular texts/emails I received after my last blog was from the Christian contigency of readers asking if I had found a church. If you’re not in Christian circles you might not be...
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Coming to Terms with My Own Struggles So I Can Better Help My Kids Come to...
Last night we had to sit down with one of our sons and break the world down for him a bit. We’ve noticed this child has started to do things just to be cool. For now it’s nothing alarming, mostly just...
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Ethiopia Trip-Our Second Day in the Villages
This post was written on Wednesday, November 11. ————————————————- I woke up this morning knowing I was going to make it to the villages. I had slept soundly through the night, despite sleeping most of...
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Dr. King’s Dream UNrealized…
I think one of the more frustrating things about celebrating Martin Luther King Jr day is watching as many white people who had terrible things to say about the protestors in Baltimore and Chicago...
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Trump
A few months ago my sister-in-law and I started a podcast. (This is genuinely the real reason I haven’t blogged since it began.) I’ll go into that more in a future blog but it is because of that...
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How to Survive 14 Years of Marriage
14 years ago right now I was applying 52 coats of mascara, willing my lashes to grow for this one day. I slid on my $100 dress and my $15 shoes, placed the veil my family friend had made on my head and...
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On Identity
I’ve been mostly a healthy person in adulthood. As someone who works in the health and fitness industries as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor (and someone who oversees those...
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