Has your wagon ever gotten really stuck in the mud? I mean, really, really stuck. This week, mine did. It began with a text message from my sister with some bittersweet news. I thought I could handle it, but the hits just kept on coming. It rained and poured unexpected events, sad news, and unexplained, [...]
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wordfull wednesday

Cocoa at Chocolate On My Cranium sponsors a Wordfull Wednesday blog hop, and this time it was a challenge to write a poem about where we are from. I was intimidated, because I have read enough bad poetry to know that I am within the ranks and would qualify as a bad poet. But, I [...]
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wordfull wednesday

I had just gotten married! Our marriage of six weeks had been nice, the temple sealing had been lovely, the reception fun, and we were now traveling from Texas to Utah to follow our dreams. My husband had been accepted to BYU and we were really excited. Driving through Wyoming, a light snow began to [...]
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wordfull wednesday

I know all five people who read this blog have been waiting breathlessly to find out what a typical day is like at our house. Well, hold your breath no more–here it is! My day starts at about 2 am when I hear one of our children not sleeping. It isn’t always necessarily our youngest, [...]
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wordfull wednesday

Thanks, Chocolate for inspiring this post! It’s so fun to find out the difference between the literary character you feel most like as compared to what your family feels that you are like. For example, here are the characters I have always fancied that I am most like: 1. Miss Melanie from Gone With The [...]
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wordfull wednesday
