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I Feel Like I’m Keeping a Secret
The healing powers of the oil of oregano. My youngest just turned eight months and since the end of my maternity leave (which was 13 beautiful weeks short), I started taking small doses of oil of oregano. This whole time–is how long I have gone without being sick. Like, at all. Since the first day…
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A Day in the Life
of a working mom of three I told Caeden what my ideal morning would look like. And what did he say? “That’s a lot.” Causing me to think: Maybe I do expect too much from myself. (Kids are so wise!) This morning was too crazy. I had a plan. And when it was foiled, I…
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Salt and Pepper
My hair is, indeed, naturally grey. Before I wore glasses my most stand-out feature was my blue eyes. Now I wear frames around them that tone down the blaze. Big-time. Now it’s my hair . . . that gets all the comments. Since I was twelve, I’ve noticed grey strands on my head that I…
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A Library Just Burned Down
“When an old person dies, a library burns down.” ~ a Haitian proverb I learned today that Wallace Turnbull passed away this week. It made me exhale with both sadness and relief. I mean, what a life he and his wife (who passed a few years earlier) lived! My husband I agree that it’s been…
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Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles
You know, children are really so easy to please. Have you ever seen kids with bubbles? They light up and jump around, their whole little selves ignited with the jumps and giggles. Time and time again I am mindblown at how kids are entertained by the simplest of things–in their present moment, this is their…
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