Weddings

I’ve got a million things swirling around me and in me these days. Normal stuff like kids falling off bunk beds, and not understanding fractions, and having birthdays, and losing teeth, and and wadding up their laundry instead of folding it, and shooting me dark looks when I totally don’t deserve it. And sometimes...
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I’m finding it much more fun to scan facebook for new pictures from my traveling, newly-engaged daughter than it is to write my book. Speaking of Amanda, her engagement ring is being custom made this week! She and Ben visited half a dozen stores, got ideas, and put in their order. Oh, the excitement....
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Amanda and Ben have know each other for years – our families are friends.  After years of barely saying ‘hi’, this summer something clicked and they began to fall in love.  All fall they chatted.  Skyped. Burned thru tracfone minutes.  He surprised her in September by inviting her to Taiwan for Christmas. He asked...
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For more of the story, go see my post later today at 5 Minutes for Parenting. Be still, my heart.
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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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