“Listen!  the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” Humbert Wolfe Autumn (Resignation) (1926) It runs deep within me, this love of fall.  I was born just before Thanksgiving.  M and I started dating in the early autumn.  My first baby was born in the fall.  My…
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Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. Acts 3:19-20   The Message  Keeping a kitchen clean while cooking for a household of 10 people is no easy task, particularly with twin…
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~Fall Soccer in the South~ sweat, freckles & braces 3 of 8 757417AB-98EC-6747-943A-BFD7CDC336FE 1.02.05 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:59:00 +0000julielylescarr

My very brave and patient and organized and pithy neighbor popped in for a couple of minutes the other day and we stood in my non-organized entry chatting (how I have managed to make a formal entry unorganized just goes to show the depth of my talent). The sounds of whining children floated down to us from the upstairs media…
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“Why, Octamom,” you say, “you’ve been married for over 19 years. Could you share your thoughts on marriage, on how to keep two lives intertwined and connected as the pace of years and careers and children pull on the confines of time, time alone with each other. How do you keep the spark, keep the fingers of two hearts laced…
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