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Category: Life

  • You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile

    You’re Never Fully Dressed without a Smile

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    I am getting ready to Listen to Your Mother. OK, so that sounds weird. But the name of the show is Listen to YOUR Mother, not listen to MY mother. Plus, I won’t really be listening to my mother, because she kind of hates it when I share stuff on the Internet. Sooo, now that…

  • Sacrificing Mom for the Dog

    Sacrificing Mom for the Dog

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    IMPORTANT UPDATE: My dad, in response to this blog post, just sent me photographic evidence: Only it’s clearly a Photoshop job or something. If you are confused, it’s because you haven’t read the whole sordid story yet. *** So it’s time to set the story straight. My dad constantly tells a version of this story…

  • Dress-Up Disaster

    Dress-Up Disaster

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    Laura
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    My last funny pet story was about Darryl the cat, named after Larry, Darryl, and Darryl. Well, this one is too. Darryl figures heavily into my childhood, because he came along in that sweet spot of childhood when your pets are your primary playmates. Especially if you live in the middle of nowhere. Darryl also…

  • Mystery Cat

    Mystery Cat

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    My husband told me I should write about some of my family’s pet stories. I think he said this because they are such awesome stories. There is also a distinct possibility that he just wanted me to tell someone else about them, because he was sick to death of hearing the same couple of stories from my…

  • All in the Family

    All in the Family

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    Laura
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    A couple years ago, I was hunting around for genealogy stuff, trying to find a link between my Bradley ancestors and my friend Linda’s.* My branch of the Bradley clan lived in King Ferry, New York. When I was Googling things like “Jabez Bradley King Ferry,” I stumbled across these photos:   That’s my grandmother…

  • Fake Grace

    Fake Grace

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    Yesterday, I was lying in bed with Asher. When I nap with him, I often find out what he’s been thinking about, because as he gets sleepy, he tends to throw out random details. The topic of the day yesterday was theological in nature. Asher goes to a Christian preschool, and sometimes I can tell…

  • Carpe Some Other Diem

    Carpe Some Other Diem

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    Laura
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    Why am I so crazy? I spend my workdays missing my kids. Their soft little heads and infectious laughs. Selah’s jokes. I look forward to being with them again. As soon as I am with my kids, I start feeling irritable and barking at people. “Don’t touch that!” “Oh, gross!” “Stop FIGHTING!” I wish they…

  • Photojournalism at Its Finest

    Photojournalism at Its Finest

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    My friend Joe feels this blog should contain something other than posts about my children. Needless to say, I have TONS of other stuff going on. So, Joe, this is what I’ve been up to:   I won a Nobel Peace Prize. This is me parking in my “special spot.”   I ate some jelly…

  • Listen to Your Mother

    Listen to Your Mother

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    Laura
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    Yesterday, I got to go have my picture taken by the most amazing photographer–for free! If you know me, you know that “free stuff” is kind of my love language. But so is being made to feel pretty by Lisa Smiley’s awesome photography skills. “Why this free photography?” you might ask. “And why are you…

  • Reasons I Cannot Afford a “Swear Jar”

    Reasons I Cannot Afford a “Swear Jar”

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    1) For some reason, I spill glasses of water a lot. And I always manage to do this right next to stacks of paperwork and/or other stuff I don’t want obliterated. 2) I have three kids. You know those people who are all, “God gives you children to grow your patience, yada yada”? Well, they…