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Category: story of my life

February 13, 2018April 10, 2023personal growth, story of my life

Lost in the Woods

The past 3 years have been witness to a slow forgetting of who I am. Or maybe more accurately, who I wanted […]

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August 6, 2016April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, story of my life, this life together thing

Thoughts on Marriage, sixteen years in.

2000 When Aaron asked me to marry him, he did it three times. (I wrote about the first time here.) He says […]

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June 15, 2014April 10, 2023Family Culture, story of my life, this life together thing

My Dad’s Example

When I was younger I went to one of those church leadership types of schools that had no grades and was basically […]

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March 8, 2013April 10, 2023story of my life, we like adventures

Grace, never in short supply.

Well, we moved out of our house last week. And by we I mean the kids and I, and a ton of […]

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February 12, 2013April 10, 2023story of my life, we're having a party

My Surprise Indian Baby Shower

A few weeks ago I went up to L.A. to help Brenda with Bug’s Black Kitty birthday party, and to make good […]

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July 17, 2012April 10, 2023story of my life, this life together thing

When my heart is in retreat.

I let the tears flow, under the cover of darkness, while I lay on the girl’s bed listening to them pray. Aaron’s […]

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February 18, 2012April 10, 2023story of my life, this life together thing

Grace wins

She describes the scene to me over the phone and in my minds eye I can see it, the gleeful, almost boyish […]

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January 4, 2012April 10, 2023learning how to not be afraid, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club

If only…

I lost a paycheck, the one dated for January 1st that he handed me, along with a bunch of receipts as I […]

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October 27, 2011April 10, 2023life with short people, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files

Adornment

All morning, whenever I sit still for her, Little is making me a princess. She inserts hair pins at random, and brushes […]

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October 12, 2011April 10, 2023a piece of my mind, learning how to not be afraid, sometimes I think in sermon illustrations, story of my life

The Horrible Weight of Freedom

photo by aparejador– Used under CC licence Sometimes when I’m hurtling down the freeway at 70 miles an hour, all 4 children […]

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