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Happy 75th Birthday, Daddy!
We celebrated my dad’s 75th birthday last night with almost all his siblings and spouses, which is all he wanted to do. It was such a nice evening, and reminded me of how…
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Thank God for Ski Patrol
Final Curves at the bottom of “Longshot” We spent our spring break snow skiing in Snowmass, Colorado, a tradition in our family for the last ten years. Even though my daughter, H, is…
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The birthday bash…a little late
I’m writing this post in bed, under the covers, at 1:00 in the afternoon. I’ve been here since Sunday night, with some kind of funky lower respiratory infection that I picked up this…
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She’s not Me
I don’t have a lot of TV shows that I watch on a regular basis, but “Parenthood” is fast becoming my favorite, because of the way they portray parenting teenage daughters and other…
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Almost Ready to Fly!
When I was a little girl, I remember finding a baby bird under the tree in our back yard. I was so worried about it, because it couldn’t fly yet. My dad wouldn’t…
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Stepping Back
Tuesday night I attended college night at H’s school. We feel fortunate that she is at a school with an incredible college counseling program. Now that she’s in 11th grade, the “counseling” portion…
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Maintaining the Connection
It’s Saturday morning, the first weekend of the school year, and I’m sitting in the kitchen, doing the crossword puzzle, waiting for H to wake up. I just realized I’ve been doing this…
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Us Air NIGHTMARE!!
I am so livid about H’s recent experience on US Air that I just have to put it in words. We picked her up from design camp in Raleigh, NC last week, and…
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The Rope’s getting longer…
We’re back in lake Toxaway. Picked up H from the airport last week from her 25 day backpacking trip in California. This summer she decided that instead of going back to her all-girls…
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Still here…
I know I post this sight quite a bit, but the summer view of the quiet lake showing the perfect mirror image is so beautiful! Yes, I am still alive. I am sitting…