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Momma Grows a Pair
So after many tears and conversations that lasted into the wee hours of the morning, my husband and I made the impossible decision. No matter what we were moving forward with our girls. We would adopt...
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Do-Si-Do: Welcome to Now
When I was young my father spent hours teaching me ballroom dancing in our kitchen. Do-si-do and step ball change. Around and around we went as I followed his lead. I never understood that the Waltz...
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Reassemble
My mom was always awesome at puzzles. She would open up the card table when I was little and we would sit around work together. Some of the more advanced ones would take over a week. She taught me...
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Blessed Karma
If you want a fuzzy happy sunshiny post today – go somewhere else. This is NOT it. Remember this is my therapy and well tonight I am dieting so deal with it! This is the post where I tell off every...
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The Most Amazing Man Ever
The most amazing man ever is not running the Boston Marathon. Hell, he doesn’t even run around the block. If you happen to see him running, you better run too because it means someone is chasing him....
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In the Meantime…
Summer 2012 on Mackinaw Island. My husband works at his own speed and will not be rushed. So while we wait patiently (or not so patiently, in my case) for him to complete his version of our journey, I...
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Rising from the Ashes
“Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. In those transparent moments we know other people’s joys...
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The How To Make Mother’s Day Fun Not Suck
This year Mother’s Day won’t suck…much. I have hummed. I have hawed. I have stressed. I have brainstormed. And after much anxiety and flashbacks to ghosts of Mother’s Day past, I have decided to plan...
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Heaven Must Have Needed A Good Grandma
Chasing Fireflies has always been my foster and adoption blog. I have always used this as a way to work through my own emotions, to write what I learn, to aid my growth as a parent and to help others...
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I Didn’t Yell!
I figured it out! My kids get together and plan it out. They decide to behave like lunatics all at the same time. I imagine them sitting around saying “I’m going to make mom nuts by…” . Someone else...
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