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Do You Hear What I Hear?

  • Home, Joy, Marriage, Parenting, Year of Shmita
  • Jul 31, 2024
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It’s the sound…of silence. For the first time since having children, we have had a stretch of three days alone – in our own home – without children. Barring unforeseen circumstances, we will wind up with five days home solo (count them, F-I-V-E). Yesterday my phone rang with an unknown number and my heart sank:…

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The State of My Early Morning Exercise Classes

You have been wondering and I am here to answer.

I went to my first HIIT class on a Tuesday morning and loved it but could not move properly for almost a week. Doing an…

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  • Exercise, Habits
  • Jul, 30, 2024
  • 27 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Fictional Books

The blog felt overdue for a Top Five/Bottom Five post. I’m coming at you with a broad topic, so let’s establish some ground rules.

There are no rules.

What you want to list is your…

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  • Reading, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Jul, 29, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 26 July

Am I really publishing three posts in a row that revolve around gratitude!?

Yes. I. Am.

Not gonna lie. This week had some really hard moments. And I ruminated about a lot of different…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Life
  • Jul, 26, 2024
  • 25 Comments

Fifteen Years + Double Pneumonia + Thankful

If today’s post title is an equation, I guess it equals an anniversary to remember.

Today marks fifteen years of marriage. I can’t believe my good fortune in finding such a selfless, hilarious and wonderful…

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  • Health, Marriage, Misadventures
  • Jul, 25, 2024
  • 53 Comments

Wednesday Joys

All week I’ve been wishing it was Friday so I could focus on Happy Things.

And then I realized, I don’t have to wait.

Small group potluck on Sunday. For our friends who opened…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Joy, Life
  • Jul, 24, 2024
  • 30 Comments

Memory Triggers

The littlest things can be memory triggers.

A few months ago John and I were walking on a local trail and happened upon a building renovation. The contractors were sawing through raw lumber and the…

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  • Home, Life, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jul, 22, 2024
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