the summer I learned how to live
In May I was gearing up for a pretty bleak summer filled with no planned trips and two summer classes - I…
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In May I was gearing up for a pretty bleak summer filled with no planned trips and two summer classes - I…
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago, my friend Katie sent her children to a much-anticipated hockey day-camp. The evening after the…
Continue ReadingI’m not sure why, but even the most chipper person can have an off day for no apparent reason. Happiness…
Continue ReadingAs I sit down to write today I am surrounded by an eery silence. The five younger kids have started…
Continue ReadingAlmost always, my articles for Her View From Home are about children, but several weeks ago I read this sweet…
Continue ReadingThings have been a little crazy to say the least for us these past two weeks, our septic system overflowed…
Continue ReadingDuring some of the darkest moments of my life, I have found comfort in reading through the book of Job.…
Continue ReadingMy friend Karen was babysitting her great grandson, Carter. Carter, age 4, is an active and busy boy, so after…
Continue ReadingI am not a Democrat, or a Republican, a Protestant or a Catholic, an American or a foreigner. I am…
Continue ReadingSitting in Mass on Sunday, my youngest was playing with the bracelet I was wearing and he noticed it said…
Continue ReadingAt our country home north of town, the 12 of us stood silently on the freshly mowed ground, our faces…
Continue ReadingI am uptight, set in my ways a little close-minded and terribly structured. I admit these faults openly, I pray…
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