Monthly Archives: October 2010

a desire to do more

**WARNING: This post is a little longer than usual, so if you don’t have time to read it all, please just skip down to the quoted area below.** Hello blog friends.  Yes, this is my second post today.  It’s a rainy, windy day here in Nashville, and Yohannes and I are chillin’ at home.  I’ve...

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a day at the zoo

Last week we received a surprise in the mail . . . which of course is ALWAYS fun!  Our sweet friends, Sam & Polly, sent us a gift certificate for a zoo membership!  It was PERFECT because I had already been thinking about getting one & just hadn’t gotten around to it.  It was the...

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encouragement for the mamas

This won’t be news to most people reading this blog, but being a mama is really hard.  Sure, it’s rewarding.  But let’s be honest – it’s hard, too.  Sometimes it’s exhausting physically, and many times there’s an emotional “heaviness” that comes with the territory. I didn’t feel the difficult emotional side as much until my...

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I ♥ Centennial Park

The boys and I headed out to Centennial Park yesterday for some fun and fresh air.  Riley & Cole are on Fall Break, and we’re doing a little staycation of sorts.  We had a picnic, played at the playground, walked around the lake, watched the geese for a long time, and took lots of pictures. ...

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autumn in the air

Autumn might be my favorite season.  I enjoy . . . the colors, the crispness in the air, decorating with pumpkins, snuggling in the living room beside our first fire, the scent of pumpkin spice candles throughout the house, wearing jeans with flip flops, a t-shirt & a hoodie, cooking (and eating!) soup, anticipating time...

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