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Running with skorts

Sometimes a girl just needs a pick-me-up. Call it shallow but there are occasions when I might buy myself some flowers or a necklace simply to make it through the day, to let myself know that gosh darn it I … Continue reading

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The most wonderful time of the year

Devon is an easily excitable child. His zest for life continually awes me as he embraces everything, (the exception being eating actual food) runs with it and makes it his and his alone. One of his most favorite things in … Continue reading

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Beautiful

BeauTiFul from Loren Creer on Vimeo. This was Loren’s entry for the Rocky Mountain Student FilmFest. Yes, I was one of those blubber, teary moms. I find his work stunning.

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Four is more than three

When left alone with the sounds in my head for any length of time I am sometimes plagued with visions of grandiosity befitting a person with far more ambition and follow through than I possess. I know this about myself … Continue reading

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My own damn bucket list

For quite some time I have been living in a hole of cold, dark panic. It could be attributed to a variety things, things such as my youngest child being diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, my marriage going down … Continue reading

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Water bugs

Untitled from Heather Craven on Vimeo. Today I had the great honor of watching Cassidy and her best rumble tumble friend, Taylor, do their water magic on knee boards. Cassidy actually has a bit of a separate life with Taylor … Continue reading

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The beauty of summer

Yesterday Devon and Cassidy celebrated the day by wetting the trampoline and jumping off the playhouse. The simple joys of summer are so lovely.

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Striking a pose in the snows

This winter has been uncommonly cold here the Colorado Rockies. That’s been a problem for me since I prefer a year round temperature of approximately 84 degrees with a slightly humid breeze caressing my shoulders from a near by body … Continue reading

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Diagnosis: Adult onset stupidity

One of the reasons I haven’t been able to write much lately is that I’ve had HUGEchanges in my life. First there was the bit where I reunited with a long ago flame, fell in love with him again and … Continue reading

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Sticking around

I knew my private blogging days were numbered when last spring my ex-husband called me up one morning and apologized for a wrong he had long ago committed against me but that I had just penned about the night before. In … Continue reading

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