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I Make People Cry

May 21, 2012

I guess it goes with the territory of motherhood that we mothers can and will get the blame for anything that goes wrong. I’ve seen my 30-year-old sister blame my mom for her own lateness, and I’ve linked my kids’s disobedience to a prior stay at Grammy’s house. I don’t know why we do it, [...]

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Scout’s Honor

November 7, 2011

Like a five-year-old, he jumped up and down in our doorway. “Call your student!” he cried in such desperation that my heart couldn’t help but soften to this grown boy who was interrupting my shower. “We really don’t want a dog right now…” I reminded, or more accurately, pleaded with Matt. But it was too [...]

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The Loyal One

September 29, 2011

We came off the plane and walked into the arms of family where hugs and kisses abounded. My mom smiled at my belly which had now taken on the shape of a basketball, and then we began our walk to the car with luggage in tow. Of course, even though it was almost 10:00 in [...]

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Not This (Wo)Man’s Best Friend

October 18, 2010

The other day I started cleaning out my e-mail inbox and found an e-mail dated back to 2007.  I was caught off guard, as this particular e-mail showed the correspondence between the woman and me who helped us find a home for Baxter.  I hadn’t thought about Baxter in a while, and even three years [...]

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