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Texas Arrives in Michigan
So Rebecca was coming for a visit. She was arriving from Texas with her three boys to stay with us for a few days. Rebecca and I raised our boys together during the short time she lived in the state....
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One year ago today, I wrote the post about my husband and his Colonoscopy. Since this post published, we have retold this story too many times to count. It is one of our favorites and people usually...
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Insane is My New Name
Forewarning…I am writing this with only half a cup of coffee in my system S3 and S4 have been on this kick lately…either they fight like no one else or they are adorable like no one else. Example:...
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Mama Just Didn’t Know Any Better
S4 stumbled into the house, wailing. The bus had just dropped him off and his arrival home would easily be labeled as dramatic. “What’s wrong?” I asked him, fully concerned something horrific had...
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Puking and Finding Joy
The date has been changed a few times but it was finally TODAY. I had it written on the calendar, complete with lots of circles to make it stand out more. Because S1 is home-schooled now, I had a...
View ArticleLEGOs in the Oven
Over here we are on Christmas break. This means that I stay awake until one in the morning finishing the latest book I have been reading and then waking up to boys staring at me saying something like,...
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Warts Are My BFF’s
At school, S4 does “Happy Mail”. They write notes to each other saying what the other did to be a good friend. S4 has rather taken to this and he likes writing me notes. I have a collection of them...
View ArticlePerspective
Yesterday, I had a hilarious day at work and Alicia and I maintained genius status all day long. We fully believe this is due to the fact she brought peanut butter cups to work for us. When I arrived...
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Garden Gate Cafe
(Written in January) Today I visited the most adorable cafe and met the most energetic sweet people. Perhaps it’s because I have a head cold of huge proportions. Or perhaps because I am in a sugar...
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A Weekend with SEVEN Boys
I think that title just sums it all up. Our great nephews – yes, they are GREAT and they are great – came to stay with us over Easter so their parents could get away for their 10th Anniversary....
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Stronger Than Coffee
On Saturday morning, I woke up early. Not by choice. My husband wakes up happy happy happy. I mean, like, “wake up, you are missing part of the day!” and “this is the best you will feel for the rest...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise New blog look…new feature! We are going to start a new (hopefully weekly, but honestly, it will probably be a bit more hit or miss) post where I can talk about something other than...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise I was super excited to get all kinds of questions for the new weekly (we hope) post “Coffee With Denise”. You guys ROCK! Now to figure out how to answer all these questions…. It’ll...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise And here we are again! Becca was brilliant to come up with this idea! Every week (if I can get to it every week, but we are three weeks in a row so that is pretty groovy), I’ll...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise So, do you have a big cup of coffee brewed and are you ready to settle in for another conversation on our weekly Coffee With Denise? Today I am going to imagine we are sitting on my...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise It’s Thursday (evening) and I am finally sitting here to have coffee with you all. It’s been a GREAT day and so busy I had no time for coffee with you all until now! Keep those...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise Technically, I have no big questions to answer this week from my readers so I will share a few I was asked of by S4 while I was drinking my morning coffee yesterday. “When is...
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Interrupted
This summer I did something I have never ever done before. I had a study group at my house. I pause before I call it a Bible study cuz it wasn’t. It was just a study group. With a bunch of friends....
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise Some of the best questions I get are from friends I know. They make some of the best Coffee With Denise topics, I think. Also, there is a bunch of those that will never see the...
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Coffee With Denise
Coffee With Denise In July, a special friend arrived to literally have coffee with me and the boys. Carol has been a fan of the blog since, well, I don’t know. A long time. Every post she reads....
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