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All you need is love.

July 12, 2013 7 Comments

I originally had a recipe scheduled for today, but I had such a great birthday this week, that I wanted to just say a quick thing about gratitude and love. My heart is so full that when I blew out my birthday candles, I totally forgot to make a wish.  In that moment everything was […]

Filed Under: family, Grant Tagged With: Conner, Devin, HH, Mitch

How I became friends with my husband’s ex-wife.

July 10, 2013 58 Comments

It’s my birthday today.  I thought I would tell you about a gift that I recently received… an unlikely friendship with my husband’s ex-wife. Sounds strange, right?  Let me explain. Just over 6 months ago my 15 year old step-son, Mitch, was in a horrific accident.  While he was riding his bike home from school, […]

Filed Under: Faith, family, Mitch, Tales To Tell Tagged With: Faith, Mitch

Look how far we’ve come!

March 18, 2013 8 Comments

So 47 days after he was run over by a truck, Mitch returned to school. He can get up and walk around but he gets tired pretty easily, so he needs to ride in the wheelchair from class to class.  Conner got a special pass to be excused 5 minutes early and arrive 5 minutes […]

Filed Under: Conner, family, Mitch Tagged With: Conner, Mitch

Thanksgiving Artwork – Craft Fans & Grant Fans… unite!

November 19, 2011 8 Comments

I’ve got something for both groups of readers today! I just finished another piece of artwork for Thanksgiving.  (I actually used the flip-side of the Raven artwork, so it’s 2 holiday art pieces in 1! I is smaaaaht!) I’m happy with how it turned out. While I was cutting out the contact paper letters**, Mitch […]

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, Crafts, Exchange of the Day, Fall, Funny, Grant, just funny, Mitch, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Grant, Mitch

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