Month: January 2012

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Jan 31, 2012

Electoral home front leaves mom the clear winner

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Jan 30, 2012

Hey you – let go now

I see you.  I know you because I’ve been in that place.  I know that weight, that thing that’s pressing in, pulling you down – you know, that thing you never

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Jan 27, 2012

Unexpected pirates, biters, and royal ruffians

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Jan 24, 2012

Return of winter sparks crazy quilt of warm memories

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Jan 23, 2012

It’s good, and we rejoice

“Yes, tell us,” we say, looking at this one, our friend who’s plowing a tough road just now, life hammering hard.  “What did you do?” “I got my GED.”  She

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Jan 20, 2012

Defending the indefensible (and a happy announcement)

Why, it was only Sunday last that I’d seen him sport three new shades of red, squirming in discomfort upon receiving unwanted attention from an adult he didn’t know.  And

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Jan 19, 2012

Walking strong, walking true

From far-flung states, they’d come.  From a far-off country, too, just over the great, big pond, they’d journeyed, drawn, each one, with that imperceptible pull toward home, toward family, toward

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Jan 17, 2012

Giving thanks for heritage, roots centered on the prairie

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Jan 16, 2012

Broken down, strengthened up

Somehow, the conversation turned to a supremely difficult time of testing that The Mister had been through some years back.  “How long,” I asked him, “was it tough and miserable?”

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Jan 13, 2012

All hands on deck

With the boys back in school now, things at our house are finally settling into a routine for the baby and me.  The first week was a little dicey.  He

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