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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, friends! Alleluia for bright skies (even if the air is still cold), Jacob-friendly chocolate chip cookies, and runs around the park!   My mind is occupied with getting my manuscript ready for its journey out into the world this week, so Jacob’s taking over for this post.   Watching these two little boys […]

April 4, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Brothers at Bedtime

When I was pregnant with Henry, I had three prayers for him:   That he would live. – Check. That he would have either the same food allergies as Jacob or none at all. –Still to be determined. That he would SLEEP. – Dare I say, CHECK?   I know that people live with many […]

March 27, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Parenthood, Young Married Mom

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Three Months and Two and a Half Years

Yesterday, Jacob was officially two and a half years old. Today, Henry is officially three months old. Big boys. Bigger smiles. Jacob picked his first March Madness bracket yesterday. He was surprisingly serious as we moved through the games. A pattern didn’t emerge (except that he favored two schools listed only with initials; I don’t […]

March 22, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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