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TweetThere’s been a few distractions over the last week or so. Mainly: a fun weekend visiting my parents in Irvine. This little gal joined me…naturally…and we soaked up the attention, and good cooking, and chocolate. Oh, the chocolate. Easter Sunday was all that I had been anticipating. New dresses, new hope. Chocolate. Oh yes, I [...]
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TweetAfter a pretty horrible pre-Christmas week, our vacation redeemed a lot of the feelings of tiredness and brokenness that we were feeling. Sadly, there is not a photo of the fun fondue dinner party I hosted at my parents’ house. Sarah, Lauren and Katie all came and it was wonderful. I’ve known Sarah and Lauren [...]
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Tweet Today I am proud to share a guest post, written by my dad. This essay was not written intentionally for my blog. It came to me in the form of an email my dad sent to our family earlier today. As background, my Grandma Jeanne (his mother) was diagnosed several years ago with dementia. [...]
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Tweet When I was little, I had my own personal hairdresser. Her name was mom, and without her I’d have been doomed to ratty ponytails my entire life. Before I hit the awful teenage years, when I still didn’t have to wash my hair much, my mom would use a blow dryer to make my [...]
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Home is where the heart is, but it’s also where…
….I know every turn on the freeway; where the air is thicker and holds a little hint of ocean; where the door is always unlocked; where the fridge stays stocked but the cookies stay hidden; where my bedroom closet is still stuffed with childhood books, prom dresses and junk.
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