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Life Right Now
When we moved out of Columbus, we lived in a crappy old doublewide. It was a tight squeeze with 4 kids under 4. It was lonely to be in a new place and have Eric drive into Columbus every day for work. We had wanted to build, but we took a hit on the...
Day 31: Why I Hate Halloween
It’s not the candy. It’s not the creepy decorations (though I absolutely abhor the fake hand “planted” in someone’s flower bed…yuck!). It’s not the spider webs or the zombies or piles of chocolate–because yum! It’s the costumes. Seriously, very little in all of motherhood terrifies me like the thought of putting 4 kids with...
Day 30: Why I’m Giving Up
Y’all. I have started this post at least four times today. I have gotten less than a paragraph on three different topics. And then school ended, and supper had to be made, and Timmy barfed and fell asleep on the couch, and Megan had her first every gymnastics class (which she loved), and Eric...
Day 29: Why It’s Not As Easy As It Sounds
I don’t know what your “it” is. For me, it’s writing. Not just sitting down at my computer and intending to write. Actually writing. Not getting lost on Facebook or YouTube. Not getting interrupted by my kids. But putting words on digital paper until something coherent begins to take shape. It sounds so easy...