This is my oldest. He took this picture of himself. He’s quite the budding photographer. He is sitting next to me as I type this, asking, “Is that where you write the story? Write a story about me. How come you never write about me.”
The Boy does not understand [...]

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It has been nearly five months since I first penned a letter to you, dear body. It took me three months after that to finally get myself together and focused enough to act on the thoughts I shared with you in that letter. It took me several false starts but I finally got [...]

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I’m in love with you. Seriously I am. You are so awesome. You played hard to get for a very long time. Harder than most, but once we had you, you were totally worth every penny of the inflated price we paid for you at that pawn shop after Christmas.
Our family has [...]

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When we decided to have a second, we wanted a girl.

We got our baby girl.

We got a funny girl.

A sweet girl.

A blue-eyed girl.

We got a girl with attitude.

A girl with sass and sensitivity.

And an outgoing girl.

A girl with a spirit as deep and powerful as the ocean.

We got a beautiful girl.

A smart and active girl.

We [...]

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Today, would have been your 58th birthday. I know you didn’t enjoy the whole getting older thing. I guess you managed to skip out on it after all, eh? I can’t help but think about you today. Your granddaughter turns five in one week and you never even got to see her [...]

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