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Urinal Fly: Give Them Something to Aim For
I told my graduate school professors I wasn’t writing a Mommy blog on subjects like potty training. That’s just not my thing. (None of my kids wear diapers anymore; No need to visit those medieval...
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Our Town Revisited
On March 22, 2009, a private plane crashed into a cemetery in Butte, Mont. Three couples, along with their 7 children, died in that crash, including my high school friend Vanessa and her sister Amy....
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Reading Our Way to Christmas
I love traditions. Maybe it’s because unlike flossing your teeth or doing stomach crunches, traditions seem like fun habits to create. Every Thursday evening, we have Backward Dinner night at our...
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The Stranger in My Bed: Who You Married Isn’t Who You’re Married To
Note from Shelly: From time-to-time, I’m sharing some of the best thoughts from writers/friends that I’ve come across on the web. This guest post is from my friend Amber Johnson, who writes Weddedness,...
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Thoughts for Thanksgiving
I’m supposed to be working on a final paper for one of my master’s classes today; an overall analysis of what’s worked and hasn’t worked on this blog. I have a cool table of the stories I’ve posted on...
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Weighing That New Year’s Resolution
I’ve probably written about six posts since Thanksgiving. You didn’t see them? It’s because I wrote them in my head while driving or grocery shopping or exercising. I’ve mentally composed a few...
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What is a Marriage Made of?
On Valentine’s Day this past year, my mother told me that Dad bought her a beautiful necklace she had liked in the store. I asked what she bought him. Mom said she bought Dad a Kit Kat bar. “Dad gave...
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How Can a Tree Inspire Good Behavior?
I picked up Katie from school early the other day for a dental appointment. She wasn’t happy. It wasn’t because she dislikes our dentist. Dr. Sam is our longtime family friend, and my kids like going...
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Getting Beyond Random Acts of Kindness
Random acts of kindness are so overrated. I mean, really. It doesn’t take much to pay for someone’s coffee in line behind you at the drive-thru. And, sure, it’s wonderful to buy groceries for November...
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It doesn’t require extraordinary power—X-ray vision, Thor’s hammer, Captain America’s shield—to care for people. It requires that we see needs and meet them. We speak up when it would be tempting to...
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