Author: daylerogers
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It’s Beginning To Look Like…
photo courtesy of Aaron Burden on Unsplash Less than two weeks from now, Christmas will be upon us. Carols and songs celebrating the season have been playing for a month. Blow-up Santas, Rudolphs, Yetis, and Grinches are sprinkled around the streets surrounding our neighborhood. Living in Florida, we have fake snow at a variety of…
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Who Brings You Together?
They’re so different, but they’re the best of friends. It helps that both of them are rather dramatic, speak hyperbolically, and can laugh at the drop of a hat. Isley and Talia are friends who have made it a point to know each other well. They talk constantly–there’s an authenticity between them that would put…
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This Isn’t Real
I never thought I’d do it; I’ve resisted for years. John has strongly hinted for quite some time that he wanted to make the change, but I’ve been adamant. Until this year. We finally succumbed to buying a fake Christmas tree. Granted, I romanticize the wonder of buying a real tree. When we lived in…
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Celebration Looks Different
There is a fascination with those places we’ve never seen but have heard much about. Those locations spark our imagination and become the places of dreams. For four-year-olds, space and becoming an astronaut looms as the ultimate fantasy. Space, the final exploration. Thank you, Captain Kirk. Beck and River were enchanted with an indoor space-themed…
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The Peril Of Disconnect
photo courtesy of Ali Pli on Unsplash I wasn’t expecting to be so stuck. It was just one day. I left home in a hurry to get to work. Gathering papers for a meeting was something I should have done the night before. John was in his office on a call–he often asks me if…
Tip of My Iceberg 