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MY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

  I love Christmas! I love buying gifts for friends and family. I love seeing their faces when they open up the gifts. One of my love languages is gifts. Strangely, I don’t enjoy receiving gifts as much as I like giving them. Something I’m working on! In our family, everyone buys a gift for […]

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THANKSGIVING MEMORIES MADE ~ Conversation starters

How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Mine was great minus the very sore muscles from working out the day before and catching whatever bug the kids brought home with them. I’ve been down for the count with this head cold. Other than that, everyone was home plus a few beautiful girlfriends and an extra puppy and we […]

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VETERANS DAY 2017 ~ so grateful!

My girls are off of school for Veteran’s Day so last night we had a girls’ night out. We got our nails done and went to Friday’s for dinner. Here’s how pretty our hands look! Today was such a special day! Today is Veteran’s Day so we thought we would use the time for a […]

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THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOO

  Today was a perfect day….balmy 88 degrees, sunny with a slight cool breeze. A beautiful day to stroll through the zoo and visit all the sweet animals with my daughters. We left our house at about 9:00 am, drove west for about an hour and arrived at the park where usually we are trampled […]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ Twenty seven years…NO WAY!

Yesterday was my oldest son’s 27th birthday.   WOW!!!! It feels just like yesterday, the LOML and I were bringing a tiny beautiful newborn baby boy wearing a little white jumper and a pink and blue striped beany on his jet black hair covered head into our home. I remember every sound, smell, and sweet […]

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SAYING GOODBYE

Dad and I just dropped you off in your tiny, cramped little dorm room with its elevated bed, dresser tucked underneath, and the cold tiled floors. This will be the first time you will sleep in this new bed sharing a room with a complete stranger that I pray will become your friend in the […]