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Month one covered The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult Find on Amazon First book for 2025 ✅ (although I did start it the last week of December). What I love most about Jodi Picoult is how much she invests into researching about subjects. This story was about Egyptian tombs and things which was…

Something’s gotta give … The first month of the year may feel extra long for some and yet just not long enough. I have so many intentions for 2025 and recently I was beating myself up about what was not being done. As if I was achieving none of them. For Christmas I even got…

Of the 71 books I read in 2024, these 4 are my top rec’s. [Includes links to Amazon.] Last year was a higher year than the previous because I added two genres: nonfiction and kids’ chapter books. In 2023, newly back to reading, all I wanted to read was fiction. But it’s been great to…

The songs I’ve been listening to during this season of life. I call this post “Summer Songs” slightly tongue-in-cheek because whenever I refer to “Summer Songs” with my kiddos I am referring to Bob Marley and Surfaces. Those guys are the sound of summer, let me tell you. Music for me has always marked an…

There’s a side to your girl that not many see. In an earlier post I may have mentioned that I am a CODA, a child of a deaf adults. If not, here it is. Yes, both of my parents are deaf. Initial Thoughts Whenever this comes up in conversation, the standard, immediate response is: “Really?!”…

(And I don’t mean the holiday) Okay, as a mom I get unnerved when I hear about all the toxins that we are all consuming each and every day. I had no idea how much I was consuming and giving to my family. Like, it gets super overwhelming sometimes. So this is something to think…

All manner of things shall be well. I’ve been listening to this song on repeat these past few days: from Tenth Avenue North’s Reconcile album. By no means am I nearing the end of a good, long life. But I know another precious soul that “has graduated” on to heaven and I am reminded that…

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Proverbs 31:28 Annamae Nealey December 29, 1934 – September 15, 2024 It’s hard to gather the right words to express what an influence this lovely woman has had on our lives. I’ve only known her for about 14 years, but her…