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A few weeks ago, my glass patio table was destroyed in a summer storm. Since then, I’ve been thinking about what type of table I might want to replace it. I thought it might be nice to have a round table. I always feel like it’s hard to include everyone in a conversation with a…
When I woke up on Saturday, I looked at my calendar and couldn’t believe it. July 1. It was the first day of the second half of the year. I immediately felt a tightness in my gut. How did this happen already? How could the first half of the year already be gone? How had…
I’ve lived my entire life in the Midwest, so if there’s one thing I should know something about, it’s seasons. You have to be hardcore to live in this part of the country. You have to be willing to adapt and change to radical temperature fluctuations every few months. The harsh, dark, cold winters drag…
Something happened to me this week that has not happened in a very long time. I was getting ready for work, and when I pulled on my pants, they didn’t fit. I should clarify. Many times during the past few years, I have tried to put on pants that didn’t fit. Hard as I tried,…
For the past week leading up to July 4, I decided I should wear a patriotic outfit every day. As I thought about it more, I realized this was my chance to pull out all of my “Marine Mom” shirts I had created for Matt’s graduation from basic training. So, each day, I pieced together…
At the beginning of this year, I made a list of 22 things I wanted to do in 2022. This wasn’t my typical list of goals that I would have to work hard to achieve. They weren’t meant to stretch me or make me a better person. To be honest, I was in a pretty…
This year got off to a slow and brutal start for me, so even though it’s the second day of March, I’m just now getting around to reflecting on 2021. I’m sure you understand. As we all know, the past two years have been tough. If you are like me, you spent a lot of…
The interesting thing about eagle watching is that you might not even notice at first that you are looking at eagles. Despite their 6- to 8-foot wing span, they are so high up in the air and so far out above the water, that they blend in with the other birds soaring around. But…
If you’ve followed my blog since the beginning, then you might remember that more than a decade ago, I used to create my own planner. I had searched everywhere for a planner that was exactly what I wanted and I never could find one. After about five years, I decided to switch over to a…
On New Year’s Eve, our family took turns answering reflection questions I had created to help look back at the past year. My question was: What changed in 2021? The past year included a lot of big changes and transitions. The thing that immediately popped to my mind might sound like a small change, but…
