Tag: birth
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A Remarkable Plus One

There are many today who have chosen not to have children. I respect them for their decisions–I don’t know the stories others carry with them that impacts these choices, but they’re significant and carefully made. I have friends and family who choose this for many reasons, much of it reflecting personal health and life circumstances.…
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The Cost Of Caring
Our days are filled with the tension of what we know and don’t know, of waiting and watching to see what comes next. We anticipate what we hope will happen. Often with little to no control over circumstances. Such was the case as we waited for the birth of Baby Nolan. My daughter was having…
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Hadn’t Considered The Cost
He finally came. With all the fanfare and audience participation expected for occasions such as these. Mason made his entrance into the world. Our pokey puppy of a grand took his sweet time. The doctor told my daughter Tiffany and her husband Ramsay at their last visit that she believed him to be a big…
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I’m Gonna Wash That Pain Right Out Of My Heart
It’s been a heck of a couple of weeks. We’ve been gone a lot, for a variety of reasons. Things around the house didn’t get done. Cleaning–that tawdry-toilet syndrome that comes from neglected focus; refrigerator surprise–the green things that were never meant to be green; trash–the stuff that didn’t get taken to the curb that…
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Begin Fresh, Finish Well
Waiting can be a mixed bag. We welcomed two new grands into the family recently. The anticipation of the boys’ arrival was filled with wonder. Who would they look like? What will they grow to become? Two more grands are coming in the months ahead, and we await their arrival with the same hope and…