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Archive for February, 2008

girls just want to have hearts

Posted in the ones about fashion, tagged , , , , , on February 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Inspired by the heart and sparkle sticker collection that is February’s Target, Ava has been dreaming of glitter hearts and pink cupcakes with X and O sprinkles since the evergreen garlands came down. I’ve restocked her craft drawers with a prism of pinks and red, puffy heart stickers, added some paper lace, and brought the [...]

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shuffle, shuffle, fall

Posted in the ones about merriment, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After an over-extended family reunion, the local clouds parted ways and the bright blue sky reigned over a balmy day of twenty-five degrees above zero. In hopes of making the most of this atmospheric anomaly, Ava and I packed up our skates, gathered up our friends, and headed outside for our monthly dose of Vitamin [...]

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it’s ugg-believable

Posted in the ones about fashion, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Today, I was chatting with Shanel on the phone (which honestly happens everyday, so no matter what day you read this, the statement will undoubtedly be true). So as I was saying today I was chatting with Shanel on the phone when she asked me if I had noticed a glove that she had misplaced [...]

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if the shoe fits,

Posted in the ones about ava on February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »

lick it… On my third trip up the stairs, hands clenched to grocery sacks, I found Ava cleaning the bottom of her gold sparkle shoe with her tongue. All the soot and gunk that her shoe had collected from the driveway, preschool, the sidewalk, Trader Joe’s and the parking lot was now lathered on her [...]

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a fresh squeeze

Posted in the ones about surprises, tagged , on February 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »

While you are probably counted among the many whose sleepy eyes don’t pop open until they are greeted by the woodsy steam of their morning brew, I don’t fully emerge from dreamland until the sweet tart pulp of orange juice washes away all the sleep from my mouth. I, like my mother, love orange juice [...]

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manna

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2008 | 16 Comments »

The other day I was at my mom’s group at our church, when a friend came up to ask me how I was doing. I told her I was doing well, but she tilted her head to the side and replied, “It must be hard for you to pray.” The statement surprised me and stung [...]

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