This is Day #3 of a 31 Day series about my brother Brian, if you are new (welcome!) you can go the the “31 Days with My Brother” tab at the top of the blog and click on the links you haven’t read yet. The following information is almost a…
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31 Days with My Brother: Life Goes On
Yesterday I began with my brother’s birth story from my mother’s perspective. Today I am going to tell you about the day after his birth; after my parents had been told, in May of 1979, that their infant son had Down Syndrome. If you missed the initial post you’ll want…
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31 Days With My Brother: Let’s Start at the Very Beginning.
Click here to read the latest entry in this series on my brother (below is the first entry). The Nester has put out the challenge to blog each day in October…and I have accepted; with a touch of trepidation. For the next 31 days I am going to post about…
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The Old Thing
The first time I saw the old thing I was a bit intrigued but noticed the lighting in the photo of it was shabby. Was it shabby too? I can be either frugal or extravagant at any given time. Erratic maybe? Never wanted to suggest that; beautifully unpredictable and predictably…
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And there she was. And there he was.
The last week or so has been hard emotionally. I am trying to put my finger on “why”. Here are some ideas…. Almost 15 months of waiting “officially” for baby Turning one year older Missing dear friends Waiting on some big things Trying to overcome contentiousness I get a bit…
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Messes Producing Beauty
We have so enjoyed the bird feeder that my parents gave the kiddos for Christmas last year. Often Darling Daughter fills up the feeder. Our birdies are little piggies so it gets filled often. One day she spilled a lot of the seed on the ground next to the feeder. …
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