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Bonjour les Amis,

After a long week of traveling—  A night with my cousin and family in Acworth, Georgia gave birth to new memories: sunset and a chat on the deck, ...

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Transformation Through Experience

In life, we continuously face difficulties and hardships. Sometimes we feel defeated by them, or we might even see them as opportunities for growth and change....

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SNACK AND SAND HOURGLASS 

There was a time, Markolee took a shower every afternoon at 4:41p.m. He is my time keeper. The child who is waiting at the door at 8:55 when I say I’m...

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HASTA LUEGO…

Zuri said and hung up the phone.  Hubby and I looked at each other.  “Did she really say that..?” On Sunday Morning, when the sun was on the...

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Things They Don’t Teach In School

I was strolling down the aisle of a store a few weeks back, when I spotted a little blue box with the above-mentioned title.  The title, printed in large...

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Family Pizza Night

The first time I tried ordering lunch in Italy last summer, my rudimentary Italian failed me. I had no clue what to say. I pointed to dishes of food behind the...

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Music Fuels Me

On our tenth wedding anniversary, our six year old son officiated a private service in our backyard. We renewed our vows and danced barefoot for hours on the...

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Laughing and Crying With My 83 Year Old BFF Barbara

I facetimed my 83-year-old BFF this week. It took her a couple of minutes to focus her camera, and while she was doing so, she said, “Don’t hang up, Kiddo...

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Our Love Story Was Published in The New York Times!

A few weeks ago when the New York Times Modern Love Editor reached out to me, via email, my kids had just gone to bed. I screamed with such excitement, they...

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I. AM. My. Own. Person.

Yesterday, after a long day, I sat on the couch with Markolee — my ten-year-old son.  Usually, around this time I would have been cooking, trying to get...

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