Archive for March, 2012:


a country drive

Published by in earthkeeping, family, family fun, farm on March 24th, 2012

what a great weekend to have no plans!  we’ve been running constantly since christmas break with every single weekend being full of plans. this weekend has been open on the calendar and i’ve been fiercely protecting it so that it wouldn’t fill up with plans. last night, as we were all falling asleep kenny and

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i don’t know

Published by in faith on March 21st, 2012

as the boys grow older, their questions are changing. no longer do i have to explain how the sun comes up each morning, or how a flower grows, but now i find myself up against a constant flow of questions, most likely from sawyer, from the strange: ”what happens if  someone wears a wool sweater and

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leap years and birthdays

Published by in family on March 14th, 2012

it’s been a whirlwind of events over the past few weeks… Leap Day!  It was a bad, bad day. A boy waking feverish in the night, and then our laundry room ceiling leaked poured rain water all morning due to heavy rain and a very old roof. Kenny had just walked into his office when I

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