Love

How One Boy Can Melt Your Heart

  • Posted on August 3, 2007
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"I just played eeny-meeny-miney-moe with you and Dadda. But you both won. So I have the mostest love for you guys in the whole world."And yes, that's my kid, with no pants on, playing in the river at Rockygrass.So, he can melt my heart twice.
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Nighttime Snow

  • Posted on February 16, 2006
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There is something magical about going to bed when the first flakes start flying. You're all cozy in bed, snuggled up with a book... dreamily watching the white stuff coming down in that eery nighttime way - where you can only really see it through…
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How do I love thee(s)?

  • Posted on February 14, 2006
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Declan is so freaking thoughtful, it makes my heart hurt. While working on Valentine's cards for his class last night, he set several aside for me, "to show Mommy how much I love her." Well, Bugaboo - I love you too. A lot. A LOT…
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Email from Bryan

  • Posted on February 14, 2006
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Bryan sent me this yesterday. I love my husband.------ Forwarded MessageFrom: BryanDate: Mon, 13 Feb 2006To: AimeeSubject: Internet termsIs there a term for when someone says something that they though was funny but was kind of offensive to you?LOL = laugh out loud...But something more…
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For My Oma

  • Posted on February 13, 2006
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I am feeling guilty that I did not talk about her in January, her birthday month... so let's talk about her today... on the anniversary of her death. And when I say my Oma, I mean Karolina... not Declan's Oma, who is my mom Greta.…
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"I wish it was Declan todayyyy."

  • Posted on February 6, 2006
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Declan has this new little dance where he snaps his head back and forth. It has taken me WEEKS to figure out who he looks like.I finally got it.The skit from SNL, where Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan sing holiday songs…
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Goodbye, Randy

  • Posted on February 1, 2006
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My friend Aimee from Chicago called today and told me that her father died on Monday. He had been fighting esophageal cancer for a long time and it was not unexpected, but I still sat and cried for him after I got off the phone…
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