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Thursday, June 30, 2005

The Magnet

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I have a giant invisible magnet attached to my back. Wherever I am, there my children want to be also. I sneak into the office for an e-ma...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Love and Other Distractions

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What is in the air these days that makes so many young people get engaged and married? Our friend Tom married Jewel last Saturday, Paul’s ne...
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Sunday, June 26, 2005

Cloak and Dagger Stuff

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"I do love a good intrigue," says Marguerite the wicked stepsister in Ever After. Well, I love a good intrigue too, but my life do...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Stewing vs. Spouting

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Would you believe after nearly 21 years of marriage I'm still learning stuff? Like: how I handle anger. I grew up in a family of stewer...
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Sunday, June 19, 2005

A Scare

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This is the sort of thing that gives us moms our gray hairs. And to think it was Amy this time, the child who seldom gives me a moment's...
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Saturday, June 18, 2005

Barbecues and Teas

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Guys’ events are different from girls’ events. Last night the church social committee, consisting of my friend Rita and me, with help from M...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Back Again

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Paul and I just got home from a relaxing, two-night, harvest-proof-our-marriage getaway at Mill Creek Retreat Center and the coast. Lovely. ...
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Saturday, June 11, 2005

The Tooth Fairy, Part 2

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The Tooth Fairy by Emily Smucker (In honor of Sharon C) Beware the tooth fairy, my friend She’s cunning and she’s sly. What does she do with...
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

My Writers Group

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Someone once told me that being able to handle cognitive dissonance is a sign of intelligence and mental health. I’m not quite sure what tha...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Yet More Poetry

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Matt’s Bedroom Door By Emily On my brother’s bedroom door The entrance to that place of horror Where people go and return no more There’s ma...
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