safe

isn’t that what we all really desire? that our children be safe, that our sweetheart would be safe that at the end of the day we would all be safe under the same roof? today as i took the oldest monster to school and watched him walk away, confident, in his own element, totally unaware [...]

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16 years

may is one of my favorite months and it is almost here…i love mothers day…more on that later, but it is also the month that Writer and i celebrate our anniversary…this year is 16 years!!! how amazing is that? amazing on a few different levels…scary in the fact that i am actually old enough to [...]

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street festival

one of the Rocker brothers is a complainer…i just don’t understand, italian street festivals sound wonderful…great food, fun music, lively people…what could be wrong with that..i think he should embrace it, go with it, celebrate with out partaking…who cares if the baseball team moms look upon you with distain…you know who you really are, you [...]

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singing baby monster

let me tell ya, there is just nothing sweeter than hearing baby monster sing old rugged cross…it is quite wonderful really, she is 2 1/2 and it sounds awesome to her mommy’s ear…to the Makers too i am sure of it

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lonely in a crowd

rockin church rocks…it really does, the praise is amazing and we are growing…learning…stretching…it is a time that the Maker is reminding me that it is truly all about Him…nothing more nothing less and yet tonight i was a bit lonely in a crowd…big crowd, but no close friend…the Maker whispers…”I am here” that is a [...]

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redneck overdrive

one might consider you a redneck if your nephew makes a homemade bomb and almost kills himself…oh sometimes it is GOOD to be me and it not be on MY side of the family…now don’t get me wrong, i am so thankful that my sister-in-laws son is going to be okay, how tragic would that [...]

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fish whisperer

fishy world is a mess…isn’t it weird how we rock along oblivious to the fragility of life, we are just living it and then all the sudden….things are just all out of kilter (is that a real word?) that is how it is in fishy world, for years the tank has really been a non-issue, [...]

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my big boy monster

 the second monster is going to kindgergarden in the fall..he is so pumped…stoked really, last night was our big night together..off to orientation we were going. Writer was home (mercifully) with the other three and it was our night…it would be a special tender moment…only when we got there, he grew up, i mean, right [...]

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funny

see i told you that you only had to look for the funny…Writer has friends…those friends have had a very good week…a VERY, VERY good week…a week that should be celebrated with more than just an all you can eat bowl of pasta from Olive Garden…now it is funny that the Maker would plant something [...]

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mojo

 i do love to make Writer laugh…something about that is just right…when he laughs at something i say…i love him all the more…i have been faced with some sad things that other moms are dealing with lately and it has made me reflective…i truly mean all those mushy things i have written  about the monsters, don’t ever forget [...]

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