my letter to the monsters teachers

Dear Teacher~
My child is special to me…She came to me at just the right time and filled a void that only she could fill in my heart. She is not perfect…none of us are. But, she is mine and here on the first day of school I offer her to you for a huge part [...]

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happy

today is my birthday…i feel good..the sun is shining and it is hot, hot like the birthdays i remember as a child…my brother and sister and i would wake up and turn on the water hose and spray each other all day…make arches and run thru it…waiting on my parents to get home from work…always [...]

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39

today i am still in my 30’s and it feels great.  i am loving it, i have had a great day…i have enjoyed my youth…a little toenail pampering always makes a girl feel better…when i wake up tomorrow i will be a different age but not today…today i am young, vibrant, cool..at least i think [...]

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40

it is coming and it is big…i have known it was on the horizon for a few years now and just pushed it away from my mind, it is just another number i would tell myself, just another birthday, no big deal…but here it is breathing down my neck, it causes pause, it causes reflection….i [...]

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carrying lisa

when I was about 16 we got new neighbors across the street…when you are 16 and live in the country it is a big deal to get new neighbors especially when they have a daughter is only two years younger…we should have been friends, hanging out, talking about boys..but Lisa was not that kind of [...]

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summer reading

oh how I love to read…it really is one of the greatest joys, hopefully I am passing that on to the monsters…so far so good…why is it that is even better reading in the summer..this evening I sat in the redneck chair in the yard (if you live close to me you understand) and read [...]

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must have done something right

as parents we are always getting stuff wrong…do I hear an amen out there? so when our kids do something and we know we got it right, we should celebrate…right?
Well…here are my boys…awesome men they will be one daythey are not only brothers but best friends…everyday after school they stand together in the car line [...]

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woot woot

hands in the air people…do a little dance..who cares if anyone sees ya…can you feel it…ITS SUMMER BREAK!!! Kids are home, pool is calling…my favorite time of year…hope you have a blessed and wonderful summer basking in the SUN and the SON.

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Maria

Hi bloggy world friends…well…it is almost May 21rst and I wanted to ask anyone who reads my blog to please lift up Steven, MaryBeth, Caleb, Julia, Will Franklin, Emily, Tanner, Shaoey and Stevie Joy (and the rest of the Chapman extended family and friends) in prayer today. It is hard to imagine that it has [...]

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she is NOT that big

not my girl…nope, she is not that big…no i am just meeting her for the first time…touching her sweet head for the first time….

nope…not my girl, she is still a baby, eating cheerios for the first time in the airport…and 
daddy is falling in love and saying “well aren’t you fantastic” for the first time….thats my [...]

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