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Dear Molly, Today is your “Golden Birthday” and the 17th anniversary of your death. I baked a cake last night for us to begin enjoying on your birthday eve, as today will be a busy one for our family. I grabbed a bag of miscellaneous extra candles from a kitchen cabinet to decorate it and […]

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18 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Though I don’t post as often or consistently as I have in the past, I am still grateful to have this space to share and process life. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and 13 years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the […]

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20 years ago today, on December 1, 2004, we experienced our first miscarriage. I was about seven weeks pregnant, with an estimated due date (EDD) of July 20, 2005. Sean was 13 months old when I tested positive with a home pregnancy test on November 10, 2004. We were trying and I was anxious to […]

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Today it’s been nine months since Mom died and I have so many swirling thoughts that surround this milestone. I miss her so much. I think a lot about all that I learned from her in my 48 of her 80 years on this earth. I am inspired by how committed Mom was to living […]

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17 years ago today, on April 10, 2007, I began blogging. Though I don’t post as often or consistently as I have in the past, I am still grateful to have this space to share and process life. On past blogoversaries I have shared things that I have learned from blogging and 12 years ago, since my blogoversary fell on the […]

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It’s my 13th Leap Day. On my 11th, I shared this post, which was adapted from an earlier version that I wrote for The3Six5 writing project, on February 29, 2012 (my 10th Leap Day). I am including parts of those two posts (in some cases adapted) again today, as they are interesting to revisit. I […]

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