Okay, here’s the thing. The big family thing?  It can render you a noodle. Maybe it’s because all the cuteness wears you down, maybe it’s because you’ve missed so much sleep that you lose the ability to accurately estimate how long it’s going to take you to clean up a mess.  But by Kid Numero Ocho, you start finding this…
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“Heirlooms we don’t have in our family. But stories we’ve got.” Author: Rose Cherin   My family has always loved telling stories, reciting the humorous experiences of days past.  Because of our story-telling proclevities, I am fortunate to have several little pieces of oral history tucked away in the memory banks, little glimmers of the lives of my grandparents and…
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Catch for us the foxes,        the little foxes        that ruin the vineyards,        our vineyards that are in bloom. Song of Solomon 2:15  It begins with a coffee mug. A travel coffee mug, to be exact. It is placed next to the sink, asking to be rinsed out and dried in anticipation of the next day’s commute to…
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~Pecan Harvest~ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:59:00 +0000julielylescarr

I wasn’t raised a dancer. Didn’t take dance classes, didn’t study it as an art form, didn’t don a leotard and join in the discipline. But, oh my, have I raised some dancers. Kids 1 thru 6 have all taken dance and I’m assuming 7 and 8 will follow suit. Each of them has experienced their own take on the…
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