Each fall Ava’s preschool sends home a star-shaped questionnaire for the parents to fill out and the child to decorate. In the center of the star is a spot for the child’s picture and each point has a question.
The top of the star reads: “When I grow up….”
Last year Ava responded that she wanted to [...]

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“I lift my eyes up to the mountains
where does my help come home?
My help comes from you
maker of heaven and earth”
–Psalm 121:1-2
The story of my childhood was played out at the foothills and crests of the magnificent Rockies. When my family exchanged the forests of Montana for the desert of New Mexico everything about my [...]

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Can it be? Can I actually be falling for the season that precedes winter?
Well, I’d love to tell you about it, however, WordPress is punishing me for not posting for nearly two weeks–the nerve! It is refusing to post the rest of these pictures and the story that goes with them. I will wrestle with WordPress again tonight. [...]

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I’m a fan of William Carlos Williams. His Willow Poem is not only one of my favorites, it’s the sum and total of my thoughts regarding the current shifting of seasons.
It is a willow when summer is over,
a willow by the river from which no leaf has fallen nor
bitten by the sun
turned orange or crimson.
The [...]

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Yesterday, we received that call that Ava has been anxiously waiting for ever since Grandma Penny’s plane touched down on the tarmac last week: Ava and her cousin, Katelyn, were invited for a sleepover that very night.
Ava was elated and started packing all the essentials in a fist-sized clutch. She crammed in beaded necklaces, clip-on [...]

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Back in June when I had four small girls fluttering about my home, I realized that I also had four pairs of fairy wings. I will leave it to your imagination as to how a home of one girl acquired four pairs of glittery, sparkling, bejeweled wings.
With the perfect ratio of girls to wings, I [...]

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Oops! If you are coming for the WFMW post about Cherry Pitters, click here. If you are interested in Aprons, well then read on.

What works for me?
Aprons!
Seriously, now. Don’t give me that look.
If your vision of aprons looks anything like this or this, than let me introduce you to a whole new crop of clothes [...]

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We are headed out this morning to meet reunite the cousins.

(Ava, Audrey, Isa, Naomi–2006)
Adventures to follow.
Have a great weekend!!

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(Photo posted as an entry for mother’s day contest).
This is motherhood to me. The exuberant child taking hopeful steps into the future while holding onto her mother’s hand.
***Updated***
Thanks for you kind comments. Alas, this sun-shiny pic was passed over and with it the dreams of returning to this very beach. You can view the finalists [...]

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