So this is how it happens…

One week ago T got his license. This past Sunday he did his first “solo” drive back and forth to work (he’s logged about 50 hours in driving with Mike and Me, however and has taken a 50 hour driving course). Tonight he’s driving solo back and forth to open basketball at church. [...]

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Three down…

It’s Tuesday morning now. Three kids are out the door….waiting on number four. LB did get home from Disneyland safely last night…what a tired puppy he was! I cannot imagine doing 16 hours on a bus now, although I remember doing near that in a VW bus in my younger days and [...]

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Memorial Day

I went to this exhibit when it came through town a few months ago. It was both moving and, frankly chilling, seeing pairs of boots lined up, some with personal affects, letters, photographs attached to them from the families of the fallen. Surrounding the exhibit were thousands of ‘civi’ shoes–high heeled sandals, athletic shoes, mens [...]

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Here comes the rain again…

… falling on my head like a memory…falling on my head like a new emotion.
Sidenote: At this point in my life I rarely think of the Eurythmics without thinking of my younger brother who played one of their tapes over and over one summer. I don’t even remember which one it was…perhaps “Sweet [...]

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