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Don’t Blink

August 16, 2010

I watch as the little boy who, days before, wouldn’t go in the deep end unless every buckle on his red Lightning McQueen life-jacket was secured and tight now swam freely. I watch as the little girl who, days before, was afraid to go in this same deep end, secured with life-jacket and Daddy’s arms, [...]

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The Tea Party

August 9, 2010

As a mother, I’ve managed to heap a lot of guilt onto my shoulders.  I don’t take the kids to the pool by myself, and I don’t venture out to many activities with the three of them unless I have help.  While I have gotten braver this summer and attempted more, sometimes I wonder if [...]

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The Date

August 3, 2010

She woke up and piddled around until she remembered the significance of today–it was her turn. She quickly moved to her room and pulled down a favorite dress.  Swiftly she fit her head through the opening and watched as the fabric dropped to her shins.  A sense of pride filled her spirit as she slipped [...]

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A Student and the Standard

July 29, 2010

I don’t know what made me think about her.  Maybe my mind was running rampant because I was in the shower,  one of the few places I can enjoy a moment of solitude.  I hadn’t thought about her in years, though, and as her picture appeared before my mind’s eye, a sadness washed over me [...]

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Catching the Laughter

July 16, 2010

Sometimes I wish for them to grow up, to age one more year and gain a little more sense, a little more independence. And other times, I watch as a sudden spirit of carefree blows in and tickles their toes, pushing them off their bottoms, creating a primal urge to shed clothes, innocence throwing off [...]

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Sweating and Swimming

June 23, 2010

As a mother of three kids very close together in age, I’m constantly facing the internal struggle of whether or not to leave the house with my children.  I want them to enjoy their childhood and experience story time at the library, free summer movies, and play dates, but I also don’t want to kill [...]

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Mama’s Boy

June 4, 2010

I know exactly where he gets it from. When I was six years old, my dad got a job transfer from New Jersey to Georgia.  We left behind all of our extended family and our tiny dollhouse in Woodbridge to venture to this land called “the South.” As part of the preparation for our move, [...]

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Fearless

May 26, 2010

I had no intention of doing any more than dangling her little feet in the water.  I thought the newness of cool waves lapping at her feet, sand squishing between her chubby toes would suffice.  It was early evening, so I hadn’t even changed the baby into her swimsuit; the sun would go down, and [...]

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The Written Word

April 11, 2010

As I was signing my sister’s birthday card today, I couldn’t help but notice how sloppy my handwriting looked.  ”What happened?” I thought.  My papers in school used to cover the classroom as examples of exemplary writing. Now, I wasn’t impressed. I have never been one to get excited about computers. Technology scares me–the moment [...]

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Quality of Life 2: In Need of Lighter Fluid

October 15, 2009

It was a typical Friday evening.  I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of my husband so we could have our ‘date night.’  I’m not really sure why I had gotten excited every Friday before; we never actually went anywhere and rarely had anything planned for the evening. However, something about the day ‘Friday’ gave me [...]

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