A New Day...
I'm doing a little better today. The afore mentioned training has kicked in and I'm preparing a trip to see my friend. I'll be laden down with the package I'm so used to sending, minus all the share...
View ArticleThe ups and the downs
This has been such an emotional week. Half the time I'm struck by the fact that I want to fly to my friend and the other half I'm in auto-pilot, checking last-minute details off the Bowling for Babies...
View ArticleEpiphany
As I searched for formerly-stored boxes and recently packed ones, stacking them haphazardly in the corner to be loaded into the car at a time yet to be decided as it is currently pouring outside and...
View ArticleThe First of Anything...
(This post duplicated at Share Southern Vermont's Blog with pictures!)She held my gaze with tears in her eyes, words tumbling out, eager to be free and I, just as eager to hear them."I'll never forget...
View ArticleLiberation
There is somthing wildly liberating about this phrase: "I have the whole week off".I must have said it at least a half dozen times today.I have planned, then re-planned, then scrapped every notion of a...
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Show and Tell: Click - Clack - Click - The Punchline I Never Saw Coming
I love scrapbooking. I love taking pictures.I didn't even care, much, that my camera was on it's last clicking legs. The images were getting hazier, the battery door was cracked, and the recovery time...
View ArticleComplete 180
I have become a clean freak.Almost overnight - well, more like over the last month, but still, a - if you take something out put it away, if you turn on a light then turn it off, consistantly nagging...
View ArticleTo Black or To Cyber?
"Do you do Black Friday?""Nope." I answered. "It's not my thing, the lines, the crowds, the chaos.""But you LOVE deals!" my friend said."Yup, that's why I do cyber Monday."She had never heard of it. I...
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Show and Tell: Pumpkin Pie in a Jar
Remember these? Yeah. Part of the super, duper fall harvest.Well, they sat, and sat, and sat for a bit more until Halloween had well passed and if we didn't do something soon, so would they."We can't...
View ArticleBlogseccible
Just because my life isn't 'blogseccible' (blog accesible - made up a new word, that's how crazy busy I am!), I still want to exchange holiday cards with those of you that mean the world to me.Ha! The...
View ArticleStepping Back - And Not Feeling Guilty About It!
I am not supposed to be here right now. We were suppoed to be at church early today. I was supposed to fill in for the church pageant director and lead the rehearsal. I was supposed to bring a quiche...
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Puff-Puff...Chuga-Chuga
Is a very cute book about a train conductor concerned his little engine will never survive the track with three big animals on it. It is also a euphamism for my current mindset. Read on, and you will...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Share Southern Vermont!
Hard to believe, but today is Share Southern Vermont's first birthday!!!For my gooey, heartfelt post about the meaning of this day at SSV's blog CLICK HERE. Oh, and if you feel like adding to the mush...
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Show and Tell: Demo and It's About Time!!
I have mentioned before that I live in an old house, a very old house, an 1800's farmhouse to be exact.We love it. We fell in love with it the minute we did our first walkthrough. This love may have...
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A Construction Plateau
The odd thing about a project is that when completed, you rarely remember how you 'lost steam' midway and it just sat there for a while.I don't mind, really, we have all been so sick. But, still - it...
View ArticleShare Newsletter and Submission Opportunity
I try to keep what's Emma's Emma's and what's Share's Share's, but in this case they are one in the same.I recently put up a post at SSV's blog about the newsletter that comes out every two months.I'm...
View ArticleEmma
This post is easy - and yet, it's hard.I find I don't have much to say lately, here. I have pictures galore and stories to match at The Bear and the Comedian, my other blog. I am finding such joy in my...
View ArticleArticle 7
Tuesday, January 26 is a special day for us. Our Comedian, our last rainbow, turns five. Please click over for a birthday post if you like. She is featured in a photo...Tuesday, January 26 is also a...
View ArticleThat kind of joy
And still, it seems, I don't have much to say. Of course I do it is just a matter of how to phrase it. For the joy of Emma seems to have transformed. It used to come in a well timed breeze, a knowing...
View ArticleA Broken Plank
I wrote the post below a couple weeks ago. It was easy enough to write, true emotion always is, but I couldn't hit publish. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because I haven't been able to hold your emotion...
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Walk a mile in their shoes
It's hard to believe that Share Southern Vermont's 2nd Annual Walk for Hope and Remembrance is only two weeks away. As the date approaches I am struck by the surreal feeling of details mixed with...
View ArticleSo, you want a t shirt?
I've had a number of people email me about how to get one of our fab shirts this year! I love the idea of our yellowness all over the country, and the lavender words spreading our message one person at...
View ArticleThe Great Divide
Wow.It sure has been a long while since I've been here. I'm not sure exactly when my world imploded but it was just about the time when Share Southern Vermont exploded, grew - that is, into a real deal...
View ArticleSo much
There is so much inside these daysMemories of babiesMy baby - going to KindergartenA new baby, of the canine variety, in our family - who, for some inexplicable reason has an attachement to me, the...
View ArticleGentle Reminders
A post about Emma's unwaivering presence in my life this time of year.I work mornings this year. I homeschool our 2nd grader in the afternoons. The goal is a calm, supportive environment to explore the...
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