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practicing the love

Some things happened last week that are making me work to love my husband better. First, I told a (fairly empty) room full of people that loving someone doesn’t require biology – that, in fact, you love who you serve. I may have even used the word, “hogwash.” (Proud of that. What a great word!) I … Continue reading →

absence makes the heart…

My husband just returned from a business trip. You know that I straight-up, flat-out LOVE him right? So I am flummoxed about why I would like him to get back on an airplane right now and give me another week or so without him. There are a few possibilities: California King all to myself people. … Continue reading →

my facebook guilty pleasure

I took an Organizational Behavior class where I’m certain we took no fewer than 18 personality tests and then discussed in class how those personality traits would play out in an office setting. I loved it: the introspection, the analysis, the practical what-to-do’s of it all. Perhaps that is why I am so drawn to … Continue reading →

to my kids who aren’t my kids

I’m joining Rachel’s linky party today by writing a Mother’s Day letter to my kids – well, to two of them anyway. You’ll have to pretend for a bit that we’re in England though because it’s Mother’s Day a tad earlier on that side of the Atlantic – March 30 actually. So, in honor, I’m writing this … Continue reading →

in the moment

“Most people live in the past, or trying to peek into the future,” she said as I crouched in my chair, arms wrapped tightly around my middle, shielding myself from her truth, embarrassed of my need for it. “It is an art, to live in the present, to let the past and the future be … Continue reading →

for the money

Blogging at United for Adoption today. Come read.

need a good read?

I am a chronic book-recommendor. If you want a recommendation, you’ve come to the right place, but you may need to sit and stay a while. Because I will go on and on. I cannot be stopped. I will need to know a little something about you but I’m pretty sure I can come up with … Continue reading →

punctuation

I’m in love with punctuation. To be clear, I am not talking about excessive exclamation points. Look: I’m so excited! I’m so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop the madness. More exclamation points do not make you more excited than you were in the first sentence. Once, I told a friend some good news and she was so excited, … Continue reading →

the Bawden ask

I have a fabulous friend who I’ll call Naomi – because that’s her real name. She and her husband have been married ten years. At some point in those years, Naomi asked her husband to a church dance as if she were asking him to prom – in other words, extravagantly. I don’t remember all … Continue reading →