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Saturday was a doozy of a day. At bedtime, we didn’t know if the snow would last or not. Snow on the roads was sure to make driving a difficult experience. By morning, there was little if any snow on the ground. I stepped...
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I should scroll through my drafts. Find one that I like. Finish it. And finally publish it. I mean I have 30-plus posts in draft. Surely one of those is ripe? I could pluck it out of the drafts folder, spruce it up a bit, and finally publish the darn thing. But I won’t...
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My friend looking at all the papers tacked to my bulletin board said: “Your bulletin board is making me stressed out!’ Me: “Right!?” My friend: “How do you keep track of everything you have going on?” Me: I had this conversation with one of the women in my Book...
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Boys are different. Obvious, right? After having first one and then two girls, I waited a a year or two before getting pregnant again. By the time I was finally pregnant my girls were 4 and 7. Our house was overflowing with every pink toy known to man. Every surface was covered in either...
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The crack of the bat. The smell of cotton candy. The stifling hot summer night air. The freebie baseball jersey for kids. My first experience at a baseball game was a veritable assault to my senses. EVERYTHING was so new to me. I don’t recall who the Phillies played that night. I don’t remember...
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Some days are just perfect. No highs today. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing spectacular happened. Was a pretty normal day. Swim practice for two. Chores for two. Work for one. Orioles game for one. Swim team awards party for two. Not a run of the mill day. But not an extraordinary day either....
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I was talking to a dad at my son’s end-of-season sports party about cycling. As the kids splashed in the pool, we chatted about soccer, our jobs, and our families. And then we started talking about biking. I know nothing about cycling. Aside from seeing cyclists on the country roads near my home and...
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My son finished up his 3rd season of recreational lacrosse. His team party is coming up. He just attended the second of two lacrosse clinics. The first one was at the beginning of the season where he practiced drills with the league’s coaches. The second event was LaxFest. At LaxFest he participated in throwing...
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