Tag: Family
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Life As Rehearsal
And the trap of ‘things will be good when…’ Yesterday I found myself leaning against the kitchen sink, sipping coffee, looking around the apartment, and thinking to myself: Things will be good when… we’ve hung up all the art that’s currently wedged between my dresser and the wall. When the frames we’ve bought are actually…
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Pause Your To Do List
(Try a done list) My brain says to me: I still feel like you have a lot to do, though it’s a relief to have the wedding planning behind us. You and Raja need to do the finances. Sell or give away the jars from the wedding centerpieces. Book an Airbnb for the Mexico trip!…
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The Blinding Gift of Freedom
A spring morning in 2018 I woke up sleepy and thought I would ask my friend John if we could just do half of our usual morning running loop. (I always think, when I wake up for a run and am still 75% asleep, that I could never make it for the full run I’d…
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‘You’ve Had This Great Love All Along’
& More On Our Wedding Day When I arrived with my bridesmaids one hour before the wedding ceremony, the barn looked even more beautiful than I had expected. Our decorator had done such a good job setting it all up. The tables looked beautiful with white tablecloths, burlap runners with the little baby’s breath bouquets…
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My Long And Short Walk To The Altar
Just before our wedding ceremony last week, there was a kerfuffle up in the bridal suite, in the loft of the barn. Aren’t kerfuffles the most fun moments of family weddings? When we have kerfuffles in my (admittedly large) family, they tend to make us laugh and not stress. My little nephew had been sleeping…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…