Bereaved and Blessed

Another Happy Place

July 8, 2012

Awhile back I shared about some of the “places” I go when I need a vacation (sometimes physically and more often mentally). Over the past week I got to spend time with my family in a magical place in Michigan that holds many special childhood memories for my husband. We rode bikes, jet skis, speed boats, […]

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The New Exhale

July 7, 2012

It’s hard to believe that it was only a little over a year ago that I submitted my first book review for consideration for Exhale Literary Magazine‘s Spring 2011 issue and soon after volunteered to fill the open PR/Social Media position on their staff. From there I also became a contributing editor doing quarterly book reviews for […]

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Fun is…

July 6, 2012

all four of us taking a joy ride around the lake together.

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Thursday’s Voice: Week One

July 5, 2012

It has been an exciting week for my fellow writers and me at The Today Voice since we launched our new writing project on Monday. The prompt for this week is: If your life were a television show what kind of show would it be? Who are the characters? I thought this was such an interesting […]

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Red, White and Blue Portraits (Then and Now)

July 4, 2012

THEN – 6-year-old Sean and 9-month-old Abby (June 2010): NOW – 8-year-old Sean and 2-year-old Abby (June 2012): On this Fourth of July I feel blessed to live in “the land of free and the home of brave” and wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday! God bless America.

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Four Eyes (Version 2.0)

July 3, 2012

I got new glasses recently. They are only the second pair of prescription lenses I have owned. Though I don’t know if I will ever completely get used to wearing them, I do like how they look. It was fun to pick out a new ones, especially since it has been 3 1/2 years since […]