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Banana ‘Buttermilk’ Birthday Cake
Gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut-free We’ve been in birthday mode round here lately. And since our little lady is a big fan of bananas (aren’t all babies?), I decided to try my hand at a banana...
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A different kind of Back-to-School
We’ve been in the throws of the end-of-summer/back-to-school crazies the past couple of weeks and I’m still in denial that it’s already this time of year again. How can it be. We managed to squeeze in...
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Favorite Fall Recipes
We woke up to temps this morning in the 50’s. The 50’s, y’all. As in, 40 degrees cooler than yesterday and every day before that for the past four months. Not only is it cooler, but it’s also...
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Saying no to good things
No. Just two little letters, one little consonant. And yet it’s a word that often seems to hold me by the throat. Even typing it I feel the urge to follow it up with some sort of apology. It just feels...
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Hands wide open (a foster care update)
Last week I posted these words and this picture on Instagram…“But what if you get attached?” “What if your kids get attached?” “What if you get one of those complicated cases with no clear outcome?”...
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Pumpkin Fluff
Gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut free I’m trying my darnedest to get in the fall spirit these days and I’ve been meaning to post this super quick and easy pumpkin-y goodness for the past couple...
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One, two, three… four. (a foster care update)
Tonight I tucked four precious little souls into bed (yes, four… deep sigh). I went into each of their rooms well after they were fast asleep and I breathed in each of those four little miracles and...
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Just popping in…
Howdy! I’ve been MIA over here on the blog for the past month or so simply because it’s been a crazy season of traveling, celebrating birthdays (one today in fact), anniversaries, and holidays. I’m...
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Listen.
Hey. Hi. Howdy, friends. I’m still here. Just listening. I’ve found myself in a season of having more thoughts, feelings, and words than I know what to do with. Too much to blog, too much to say, too...
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Welcome Home
To Our Daughter, This morning as I was driving, waiting with bated breath for your daddy to call with news from the court house, I heard your tiny voice singing softly from the backseat. My mind was...
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Road Trip 2015
So. I had big plans of blogging a few posts all about our epic summer road trip, with all of the fun and gritty details included. And then the four kids who were home 24/7 for summer took up all of my...
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A Year to Remember
Twenty Fifteen, you rocked us good. I’ve been so wrapped up in this year and all of the growing and unfolding that blogging fell far down my to-do list. Certainly not for lack of things to write about,...
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Open (an honest glimpse of our open adoption)
A few times each month we drive a couple towns over to spend time with our daughter’s birth mom. We don’t have to, but we get to. We go bowling or to the library or to a park and always out to eat...
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Recipe for change
We we warned that jumping into the world of foster care would change us. I just don’t think I could’ve realized how many layers that change would strip away and reconfigure and shift, making it...
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