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The Long Road Home
Last week, I went to my hometown for the first time in the thirteen years since I moved to Massachusetts. I never meant to be away for so long; that’s just how life worked out. The house I grew up in...
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You Can Trust Me
I always get up early hoping for a few quiet minutes before my children wake up. I’m usually successful at the waking up early part but rarely successful at getting ahead of my kids. They fully...
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These Ordinary Days
Thirteen years ago today, I stood in a wheat field and married my husband. Today, Darren is at work and I’m home with our kids. I’ve spent the day putting away laundry, washing dishes, and cleaning up...
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Seasons Change
I am not a minimalist. I sit pecking out words at a desk hemmed in by a hundred little shreds of paper attached to a hundred vivid memories. Pieces of my life, tethered to my heart, and taped to the...
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Hello, Goodbye
I’m glad 2021 is over. It was a hard year, harder even than 2020. If I had that information this time last year, I’d have sat my heinie down and cried. I could recount all the things I learned in 2021...
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Winter Flower
From the first petal in spring to the last leaf of autumn, my daughter loves showering me with “flowers.” Nothing is too humble or lowly for her notice and admiration. Weeds, blades of grass, and the...
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It Is Good
If I’ve written at all over the last few years, my words have often been heavy with lament. I’ve recounted the life lessons and hard blows these years have dealt. From the early years of motherhood to...
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Go Ahead and Plant
I did a lot of planting last year… …both literal and figurative. I planted a lilac bush at the corner of the house, dreaming of the day when its fragrance might waft in from the guest room window just...
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Life Lately: Moving to Connecticut
I’ve been meaning for a while to write a post sharing that we’re moving “down south” to Connecticut In March, we purchased 42 acres of wooded land that we’re rather determined to turn into a little...
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Small Town Festivities
This is our last summer in the small Massachusetts town we love. Come fall, we’ll hand the keys to someone else and start a new journey in Connecticut. Until then, we spend these perfect warm-weather...
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