Tag Archive: The Lighter Side of Life

We’re at Camp – A Place I Never Thought We’d Be

Amid the chaos, we’re also off to camp. Today, is our second day here – third counting check in and the wine and cheese social that was planned for the first day…that was new. Camp is a relatively new experience for us. This is our second year, and we’re in the mountains of Colorado with…

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Week of Lasts

Monday was the last day I could take the twins to preschool and run home for two hours of uninterrupted work at my desk. Yesterday was the last day of phonology group therapy for my boy…until the Fall. Today is the last day of preschool – a class picnic that moms and dads attend. Tomorrow…

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Reflections In Spring…We’ve Come A Long Way

How are we doing? It’s on my mind. Not for any particular reason except that spring is around the corner, and this is the kind of thought process I go through each spring. You see, spring is a time of renewal and while others clean, which I might find a way to get my hands…

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Filling Their Hearts With The Lights Of The Season

One of my favorite pieces of the holiday season is the lights and the sparkle, warmth and wonder they bring. I try to remember the awe I had as a child while watching my children’s eyes widen as we pass by in the early stages of the evenings. Since we aren’t usually out late, I’ve…

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I Love the Smell of Smackdown in the Morning

Well, no, not really. Little Guy has a few obsessive peeves that just drive him into the stratosphere. One of them is the term “stop”. There is no rhyme or reason to it, it just is—like the fact that he is scared to death of bare feet, even his own. Yeah, I know that’s weird,…

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Little Pitchers Have Big Ears

Hubby and I have always tried to be careful about what we discuss in front of the guys, because you never know what might be repeated at a future date (and at the worst possible time). When we were kids, my older brother–the smartypants–fancied himself as the joke expert in the family. Whenever anyone ELSE…

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A Lid For Every Pot

While the guys were away visiting, an old friend of mine from the city we used to live in and her husband came to dinner. They’d just dropped off their daughter at camp for a week. There is a fabulous summer program up here in the mountains for kids and adults who have moderate disabilities…

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