Friends & Loved Ones

That Peaceful, Easy Feeling

March 5, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Inner peace hasn’t come easily to me lately.  I blame it mostly on these crazy pregnancy hormones.  But there is so much to stress about right now, that I’m having trouble seeing the forest for the trees. At first I was pretty torn up over the idea of Dad selling the house that I grew […]

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Not Forgotten.

February 26, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Most of the time Mom’s death and all of my feelings that go with it are compressed into a hard little rock of a fact that I keep pushed to the side of my mind and my heart. But during the quiet times throughout the day, and especially at night, that little rock becomes something […]

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Reality Check: Life IS Fragile.

January 27, 2010 Baby Stuff

Let me skip to the end:  Lauren is back home with us tonight, and God willing, all is well. Now let’s start at the beginning: Monday morning Lauren threw up her bottle of milk.  Not really a big deal, but then later that afternoon I noticed her getting warm and whiny, took her temp and […]

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Happy New Year!

January 5, 2010 Baked Goodness

I hope the holidays were as kind to you as they were to me.  I won’t say they were easy, necessarily, because there were definitely many melt-downs for me as I remembered and missed my Mom.  But those moments were only moments, and on the whole I had a GREAT holiday season, mostly thanks to […]

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Mom’s Yule Log Cake

December 15, 2009 Baked Goodness

I did some baking for my church’s Christmas banquet last weekend, so let me share! The Yule Log recipe is from my Mom…she made this cake every year for as long as I can remember.  She always made one for her dressage club Christmas party, and if we were lucky, we could talk her into […]

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