Tag: love
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Working Together Works
Our family has a bit of history with soccer. When I was growing up in the Chicago area, soccer wasn’t an option as a sport. It was more of a football/baseball area. We moved to California and discovered the “beautiful game”. Our oldest daughter fell first to the sparkle of the game, and the other…
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Can We Do “Together”?
They ranged in age from two years to thirteen, one girl and the rest rambunctious boys. The cousins had been hanging together for several days, and on New Year’s Eve, they all connected over a movie. Isley, our thirteen-ear-old granddaughter, was the magnet who drew them all together. She has a unique knack of operating…
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Bring It On In Style!
The music was blaring–“Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor. The beat was infectious, and everyone was moving at least a little. Mack and Scout were dancing up a storm. Scout, at two years of age, moved his hips in a way that was absolutely charming–and funny. Our son’s family was here after Christmas for some…
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Was That A Good Idea?
In the constant pursuit of interesting and fun things to do with family, on Christmas Eve we played “Blindfolded Cookie Decorating”. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Everyone has a partner, one of whom is blindfolded. There is a cutout sugar cookie in front of the one who can’t see, with a plethora of colored…
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The Christmas Crazies
photo courtesy of freestocks on Unsplash ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house, All were rushing and scurrying like a panicked little mouse. Christmas lists kept growing, always more gifts to buy, “Keep an eye on the budget,” was the ongoing cry. Decorations were half up, the rest strewn all over, With…
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