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birthday days
April has just about come and gone, and that means that two people in our house who share a birthday had a chance to celebrate. The one is eight (!) years old now; the other, well, I have to tell …...
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sister
Yes it’s true, I had my sister here for a couple of weeks, flying across all the expensive ocean miles she came! And what a double gift to enjoy a sunny break or two in the gloomy spring-time weather...
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there and back
Time it was, and what a time it was … emotional; exhausting; beautiful; home. A time for love and family and dear friends and too little time … laughing and remembering and catching up on lives....
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for our crazy grandfolkies
This one is for my parents … They were rock climbers in their day. Back when your harness was a rope tied around your waist; you climbed in your weigh-a-ton hiking boots and the body-belay was alive...
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a random bit of beach …
We have grabbed the warmer temperatures and not-rainy days to spend some time on our favourite island beach. My grandfather, source of warmth and mirth and generous affection, was a geologist. I loved...
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he’s here!
Somebody arrived on our doorstep just over a week ago after a long wait in the city for his arrival … … Continue reading →
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slow down, you move too fast …
It is true, little babies really do grow up too fast! Just about two hours old … … happy and tired at 2am. First morning – first meeting … … and holding …. Just perfect … … a new little … Continue...
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birthday days
April has just about come and gone, and that means that two people in our house who share a birthday had a chance to celebrate. The one is eight (!) years old now; the other, well, I have to tell …...
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sister
Yes it’s true, I had my sister here for a couple of weeks, flying across all the expensive ocean miles she came! And what a double gift to enjoy a sunny break or two in the gloomy spring-time weather...
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there and back
Time it was, and what a time it was … emotional; exhausting; beautiful; home. A time for love and family and dear friends and too little time … laughing and remembering and catching up on lives....
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for our crazy grandfolkies
This one is for my parents … They were rock climbers in their day. Back when your harness was a rope tied around your waist; you climbed in your weigh-a-ton hiking boots and the body-belay was alive...
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birthday girl
Five years old at quarter-to-six in the morning, waiting for the ferry in the Snug (Bowen’s everybody-goes-there/generally life-saving, coffee-serving establishment). Sometimes I wonder how we got to...
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joy and gladness ⎮ 6 months
Dear little one, How in the world did you get to be six months old? How? How did we ever live without you? How? “You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.” Luke 1:14
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50 plus 11 equal love
A while back there was a double birthday in my house again. A special someone arrived eleven years ago on her dad’s birthday. Also her due date. And an hour after another wee one who was due that same...
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fifteen!
Beautiful gorgeous kind-hearted child-of-ours, my first little buddy, thank you for asking ‘how can I help?’ and for all the other quiet gifts you give me and all the others all the time.
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holding on
The baby years are running out in my house.There are new freedoms on the horizon.Yet there is loss too. Sometimes I think one should always have a little body in the house. So I am holding on while it...
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winter break
Cederberg mountains, heart-mountains.Land of red rock and chilly fresh amber water.Sage brush, endless stillness, sky beyond-reason-blue. Glorious desolation. Grateful for the soul food!
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