Celebrations

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Life at 37

In the whirlwind that’s been 2020, I got to wrap it by turning the big 3-7. Although it’s not a

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No Going Back

A little over ten years ago, I was huddled in bed, listening to a raging blizzard outside our Iowa homestead.

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Kate is Eight

Kate is eight, and she loves everything about the fact that her age now rhymes with her name, but mostly

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Evelyn is Eleven

Ever since Zoey and then Peter joined our family, it feels like we have a month of nonstop birthdays in

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My Hero

Happy birthday to my hero! I have tried–started and stopped, started, then stopped again–to write something celebrating Jack’s thirty-fifth birthday.

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Lucky 13

We’re on Lucky #13! Another year has come and gone and we’ve reached our thirteen year anniversary. If that wasn’t

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A True Gem

She’s nine! Where Evelyn took her sweet time joining our family, Claire practically kicked down the door to start her

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