–How to make a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte at Prairie Cottage Rose –An interview at Frugal Hacks answering readers’ questions about me and my book –A great tribute to a woman who knew how to make people feel loved at Learning Patience –A study on love at Making Home
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I will be sharing pictures of camp soon, but today a story is just bursting out of me. A love story.  The story of a sister of mine who waited a very long time for love. She played the cello at my wedding at the age of 13, maybe even then dreaming of the...
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Back in 1986 when my idea of romance was this: Romance, 1986 I wouldn’t have understood the tremendous value of romance that looks like this: Romance, 2009 Live and learn. Life is good. And so is my man.
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This evening I was sitting on the living room floor facebook-chatting with my 18 year old daughter while my hubby read a chapter of Narnia to the kids. Partway through the story, my three year old felt the siren call of sleep and came to snuggle against me. I love that she still thinks...
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Part 1 | Part 2 |Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 ————- August 23, 1986. I spent the morning with my family and my best friend Nicole. I was thrilled she’d been able to fly from Florida to be in my wedding. We...
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(Scroll down to enter the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival) ———– Part 1 | Part 2 |Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 The problem with waiting 22-1/2 years to tell a story is that….ummm…some of the details get a little fuzzy.  So here is what I know for...
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Part One | Part Two |Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six By Christmas of our first year of college, John had moved back home and I had moved out of the dorms and found an apartment with a friend.  We were both working, both going to school, and we...
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Our Love Story: Graduation and College ————— The stress over school came to a head one grey fall day.   I remember standing at the edge of the river near our dorm, watching leaves float down the river and wondering if it was really going to work between us.  John and I were arguing again....
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It wasn’t until February that we finally danced together, to songs by Journey and Loverboy and Chicago. It felt natural to be together by then. We weren’t surprised at all that when prom rolled around we were still together. We had an easy familiarity with each other, and in our heads we felt like...
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I’ve been so much enjoying reading all the love stories this month. Not everyone’s path has been smooth, or easy, or picture-perfect. And yet in came love, redeeming past mistakes and past unhappiness, and pulling us forward into a place of hope. I think hope is part of what makes us love a good...
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