the end of July…

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The other day Kevin, the guy that works for us, walked in and asked what I was doing as I was typing furiously behind my computer. "Writing! I'm actually writing!" I said, full of glee and excitement. He looked at me blank faced, "Oh? What are you writing?" and I looked at him in confusion, "Like- I'm writing. I'm a writer." (duhhhhhh!) "Are you writing a book?" "Maybe... someday." … [Read more...]

Six Months

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I was trying to write something extremely meaningful and profound to celebrate our six month anniversary of living in Colorado but it simply wasn't happening. A dear friend told me to stop trying to be so profound and just write something- anything and WOW- she was right. The only slightly profound thing in might have said in my other blog post was that you can live a lifetime in 6 months, so … [Read more...]

Sometimes Parenting Sucks

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It stinks that he's beautiful, the boy who Summit doesn't get along with because an extremely petty part of me wants  him to be hideous.  (I started to type, "the boy that bullies Summit", but that would be an overstatement as from all accounts they antagonize each other constantly.) That fact that they equally harass each other is oddly comforting actually. Summit has been bullied over the … [Read more...]

Chapter 2 {and FAQ’s!}

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“And they lived happily ever after.” Growing up I was left wanting so much more after watching Disney moves. I  burned with curiosity and wanted to know “and then what happened?”. Go ahead, ask Ben. I ruin every good movie with question after question wanting to know intent, what their motives were, why they did what they did and his favorite question-- what happened next? I’m … [Read more...]