Control

I got to thinking last night, while brushing my teeth, how life really is…something I often need to work on…Life is totally out of our control no matter how much we think we are in control and the soon we accept that, the sooner we can begin enjoying life. It seems that it is human [...]

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Hangover

I feel like I have a party “hangover”. Not a tried and true, I drank too much – but more like…Oh my goodness, thank you Lord for having all that party planning and events over with, feeling! The big baptism-birthday bonanza is over with now and finally I am feeling a little energy come back, [...]

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Balance

I got to thinking last night about parenting – how difficult it is at times…how my Little Magoo is growing so much every single day. I think back to when he was a baby and it seems such a distant memory as he blossoms into such a unique individual. I see it every day with [...]

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Dog Days of Summer

We’ve been hit by a heat wave here in the North East. The days are looking like this…and I am looking like…oh never mind, you don’t want to know. I’ve opted for sweating out the day in front of a fan, the kids have been napping all morning it seems as I hang out with [...]

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Gatherings

Yesterday we had a family gathering to attend – it was wonderful, we got to see some family members that we only happen to see once a year or so – Aunts, Uncles, cousins and their children – it was great. I love when our family gathers like that and wish that the party could [...]

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Fourth

I cannot believe today is July first already. This year is just going by too fast! I am looking forward to this weekend. Independence Day is upon us – such a wonderful holiday. We have a huge family gathering to go to and I am excited to see cousins and aunts and uncles and second [...]

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Life, Reconstructed

The older I get, the more I have come to term with certain things in life. Things that need to be left by the wayside. Change in life is never easy – no, not at all – but you know when you are making a healthy choice and moving away from negative things in your [...]

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Beach Babes

Today started out early – we headed on out to a sandcastle competition at the beach, at least an hour away, so we grabbed breakfast to go. Little Magoo was very happy to have munchkins and couldn’t wait to don his sunglasses. As soon as he got up we told him we were headed to [...]

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The List

We’ve been working on it and let’s just say it is a constant work in progress…The List. I wrote about it the other day, here. A list of summer fun, of things we would like to do this summer as individuals, a couple or as a family…and let me just say this list is not [...]

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“Success…

…is to be measured not so much by the position reached in life, as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington While rummaging through some things this morning on the bookshelf, a card fell out of something and onto the floor. This is what the card had written on the [...]

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