We fit a lot into this beautiful weekend. Soccer games, card playing with friends, boat time, football watching, running, and baking. Yay,…
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A Birthday Trip to Hilton Head
The beach has healing properties beyond the salty air, wouldn’t you agree? I know I’m not the only one that looks out…
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I’ve lived in North Carolina for over 12 years and can’t remember a first day of fall that has ever felt quite…
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Halfway to 18… my sweet first born is NINE years old today. How? Wasn’t she just looking like this… or this… or…
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So much of how I parent is absorbed from my childhood and how I was raised. I’m grateful that was such a…
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Bloom where you’re planted, right? Well blooming we are. Our “family plans” for this fall (anyone else hear God giggling, too?) were…
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