Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
I actually stopped on my bike ride and did a U-turn to get this photo. In between us we have a rock wall and a horse pasture, but there is is, one lone tree changed so much that it stands…
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Kiddo#3, on an unseasonable October day, pointed out a snail shell on our front steps. He put it in his pocket. I said, “Leave it outside,” and he said, “No! It’s dead, see?” How could this go wrong? How could…
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Last night at 5:30, I came home to find the power company working at the corner, and every house dark. I turned the Kiddos loose to play on the lawn (it’s ridiculously warm) and found the flashlights, but it had…
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Time to make good on my offer to donate $1 to Heifer.org for every copy of The Wrong Enemy preordered. (And it’s also over at Amazon.com now! That makes me feel more official.) And…{drumroll}…they’re getting a goat! Heifer International tells…
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Back when I had Kiddo1, my mother told me not to try being a perfect mother, but instead to be a good-enough mother. Since there are no perfect mothers, you’d pretty much kill yourself trying to live up to the…
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Last week I had a Halloween-themed blog interview with author Cate Masters. Check it out!
I’m one of those Psycho Moms who researches everything to death, and about seven years ago I ended up on a website talking about The Evils Of Piercing Your Ears With An Earring Gun. It scared me for two reasons….
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Happy publication day! The Wrong Enemy is now “live” and for sale (still at 20% off) over at MuseItUp Publishing. In the next few days it should appear at Amazon.com, and eventually at B&N, Kobo and your other friendly…
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While I’m waiting on the timer for a cake for the family guardian angels (lemon cake! Kiddo4 is convinced it’s a birthday cake) here’s a story about angels and time. Or rather, two stories. While in high school, my mom…
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October 5th. This Friday. Still available for preorder here and yes, I’m still donating a dollar per preorder to Heifer.org. Should we do something special for Friday to celebrate? What do you suggest?