What Page Are We On?

Today someone said to me, “I need to know what page you are living on.” I restrained myself from correcting her prepositional faux pas, and bit my tongue instead of responding sarcastically with: “Oh yeah, well I need to know where you’re at.” I did however sit stunned for a moment.
She had not asked me [...]

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A Gnome Under Our Home

I will not win any parent-of-the-year awards with this story. Right now, three out of my four boys are in our crawl space. We live in a 108-year-old home. For some reason they thought it would be fun to dress in long pants, long sleeves, gloves, hats, etc. and crawl into that dark space under [...]

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Serenity

I am at peace. Whenever I am at the lake, I find serenity.
When my husband was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and we were scared to death that the diagnosis would ruin our lives, I found peace at the water’s edge. When my dad was in the hospital all last summer, our family still [...]

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MVP Grand Opening

For two hours I was banned from the basement. Fine with me. While my boys busied themselves with something top-secret, I had the luxury of sitting on the dock to read and take a catnap. When I was invited to the basement, I was given a menu with several drinks and snacks listed.
“Welcome to MVP,” [...]

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SNOW in June?

Excuse me, but is this June? Sure seems like I’m on a winter vacation right now. I’m sitting in a log cabin while it continues to snow, snow, snow. Yellowstone is closed. Yes, closed.
So here we sit in a lodge built in the 1920s with people all over the country who have tried to get [...]

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It’s LAKE time!

Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of lake season. Our family has a lakehouse that is located in a beautiful southern Indiana area, which I think is the best kept secret in our state.
Being on the water melts nearly all the worries of life away, not to mention the fun we have watching the kids [...]

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Ten things I love about my mom

10. She let me cut my hair like Dorthy Hamill even though it made me look like a little, white boy with an afro.
9. She taught me the fine art of shopping.
8. She can laugh at herself.
7. She can cook amazing meals which express care and love for her family.
6. She is generous with her [...]

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A New Decade

Today I am 30-10. For those of you not in denial, that’s 40. Since I was using the whole 30-10 thing, my friend gave me a card that said, “Hi, my name is Chris and I’m 40.” On the inside it says: “Admitting it is the first step.” This is the same friend that came [...]

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You’re Gonna Need a Stiff Drink

A stiff drink. That’s what a lady at the grocery store told me I would need after she witnessed my four boys wandering throughout the aisles asking for this and that.
I am usually quite sane at the grocery. That is because I do NOT take my four boys. And today I was reminded of exactly [...]

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Jump for JOY

My children teach me something every day. Today, in Florida, Jaden taught me to be free, joyful, refreshed and fearless. Thank you, My Sweet Boy. May I have an open mind and heart to continue in this school of parenting boys.

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