Music to my ears

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Amy

I have another New York post or two coming soon, but first I’d like to serenade you with these wonderful words from Kyle, spoken matter-of-factly:
“There’s a Carter’s outlet beside my hotel, so I got Owen something. There’s a Children’s Place, too, but they didn’t really have anything I liked.”
Kyle (who I’m sure is really glad [...]

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Revelation

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Amy

Grace 15

Some may say this is a no-brainer, but I don’t think it’s possible to feel more purely, wholly loved than when your little 5-month-old looks you in the eyes. Owen doesn’t know anything about me. He doesn’t know my strengths and weaknesses, so he isn’t basing his love off of anything I’ve ever done. [...]

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Catching up

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Amy

OK, so hopefully the point of this exercise is to reflect positively on every day and not actually POST every day. I’m playing catch-up, but at least I’m catching up.
Grace 5 (Monday)

Able to spend a lovely Monday afternoon working in a garden and greenhouse, pushing wheelbarrows, shoveling compost and transplanting herbs. (I liked how this [...]

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Guest Post from Kyle

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Kyle

I promised Amy I would make a guest blog post if she ever reached a certain number of pageviews in one day. At the time, she was getting about -1 pageviews a day and I felt safe. I knew better though, because when Amy gets some sort of goal in her head, she tirelessly works [...]

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