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March 2012
We celebrated an anniversary: Karl’s parents’ 40th! We celebrated a birthday: my firstborn turned 13. The boys and I competed in an orienteering meet, a VERY fun adventure. We visited my lovely grandmother. We made a few more visits to the orthodontist. We prepped the patio for spring, planting flowers, vegetables and herbs, and building…
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Thankful Thursday
I am thankful for a gainful writing and editing job. I am praying for more opportunities like this one. I have thoroughly enjoyed sipping my coffee, thinking about words, punctuation, writing and revising. This enjoyment in a “job” makes me wonder why I never considered majoring in English while I was in college. I am…
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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
We lit all of our candles and finished our Advent readings. We opened gifts. We spent Christmas Day with Karl’s family. His Dad read the story of Christ’s birth from Luke 2, then we enjoyed sharing what the Incarnation and the Gospel mean to each of us. We opened more gifts. The boys enjoyed playing…
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Looking at Lights
One of our Christmas traditions is to take one evening to drive through various neighborhoods to see all of the decorations. The kids grab their favorite blankets, and we all pile into the van. When it’s really cold out, Karl opens the moon roof, cracks the windows (to simulate a sleigh ride), and turns the…
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One of their lasts?
The same day that Noah played in the rain, Hannah and Benjamin chose to stay indoors. I decided to investigate why they were too busy to play in the rain. I found them in Hannah’s room surrounded by Star Wars action figures. Though I’m not sure they realize it, H and B are best friends…
Leslie Wiggins 