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Thank You Doctor, I Couldn’t Have Done it Without You!
The email with colorful balloons and a rainbow logo arrived in my email box last week for my baby boy. “Everyone at the Pediatrician Office wishes you health and happiness on your birthday!” I chuckled a little as I forwarded the birthday greeting to my six foot two, bearded 23 year old who is in →
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Moving out of the suburbs
“Home is the nicest word there is.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder Hanging on the wall in our guest bathroom is this simple quote painted in white on a rustic wood canvas. It captures the essence of my life. I have spent a lot of energy nesting and striving to create the environment my family can affectionately →
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Happy Birthday to my Sister, my Friend, and other Mama Bears celebrating another year in life!
A piece I wrote back in July on my birthday: The rustic white wood paneled door opens wide into the sun-lit hallway.The clean smooth cotton of the pillow cradles my right cheek. I blink several times as the image in the hallway comes into greater focus. It is the 11 by 14 framed photograph of →
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Are You Ready For Some Football? And Some Dog Day?
Yesterday was the start of something we look forward to all year long in this house. ESPN Dog Day! Perhaps you thought I might say the first day of college football season or the first broadcast of College Game Day on ESPN. Those two came in at a close second around here. Actually we started →
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Goodbyes Are Never Easy on This Mama Bear’s Heart.
Although his departure from our home was a couple months ago, it did not lessen the sting of parting again after a brief visit to his college dorm last week. After all, he is the last of our four children to leave the nest. He has always been the child most keenly aware of his →
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Why Did I Begin Blogging in the First Place?
[This piece was one I wrote over a year ago and still holds true for why I blog.] One month ago I started this blog. I have posted more than thirty-five entries. Most have included writing, but some have been pictures and movies. I thought I would take a moment to explain why I am →
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An Important Question
An important question: Have I completely gone over the edge if I am wearing socks covered with my black aussiedoodle faces of Koda and Summer? …is it also a little odd that the rest of the family received these socks and are wearing them? →
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The first of a five part Thanksgiving series: PapaBear, Without Him There’d Be No GrizzlyBearMA
Six months ago the decision to call my blog “GrizzlyBearMa” came easily. People with whom I have interacted throughout my life as a mother, know my fierce protective nature. Teachers, caregivers, coaches, relatives, even hairdressers know how active I am in the lives of my four children. They witnessed my large presence hovering nearby, even →
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Puppies’ First Halloween
Koda and Summer are experiencing their first Halloween. It is sure to be exciting with the doorbell ringing all evening long. While I will not be bringing them to the front door to greet the little trick-or-treaters, I will put them in their costumes and let them jump up on the puppy gate to watch. →
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Oh, To Be Young Again, Or Just Do a Headstand
Youth is something we covet the older we get. I remember earlier in my life when I would excitedly count down the days until my birthday, and be thrilled about each additional candle on the cake. Then there were the special birthdays: becoming a teenager, the driving age 16, the R rated movie age 17, →
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