Our Box of Memories

July 12, 2011

For years they have been on a shelf in Sean and Abby’s bedroom closet. Today I managed to fit most of our mementos related to our baby girl Molly into this box. I find that very bittersweet, that a life could be so short that you can fit all those special things into just one […]

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Powerless & The Babble Top 50

July 11, 2011

I started writing this blog entry this morning, before a short and very strong wind and rain storm blew through Chicago. Within about 10 minutes the crazy weather was over and we had lost power. As it turned out our electricity would not be restored for another 9 hours!  To say that it was a challenging […]

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I Want to Linger Here…

July 10, 2011

We used to sing a certain song at the closing campfire, on the last night, of the two week session, at the YMCA sleep away camp that I spent many summers at in Fremont, MI during my childhood. The place is called Camp Echo and the song is called “Linger.” Hmm, mmm I want to […]

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One of a Kind Reviews

July 6, 2011

Today I posted my first review on my new blog called One of a Kind Reviews! I invite you to click over to read it, take advantage of a special offer and check out my new space. I recently have gotten more involved in the blogosphere, beyond my own little corner of it here at Four of […]

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Just in case…

July 5, 2011

Two weeks from today, if all goes well (dare I say, “as planned”), we will be closing on our current house and our new home, followed soon after by beginning the process of moving. Since we returned from our wonderful vacation with my side of our family to Hilton Head Island, SC (which I plan […]

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Sibling Snippets: Around Town

June 23, 2011

Awhile back, here on my blog, I use to add what I called “Sean Stories” to some of my posts when he did or said something that I thought was especially cute or amusing.  Now that Abby is part of our family, I want to do the same thing from time to time and include […]

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