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February 2025 On the Side: Love Never Fails
As a little girl, I remember Valentine's Day so vividly -- decorating a shoebox to hold our cards at school, picking just the right Valentine for each friend in our class and uh, having bronchitis several years in a row and missing the whole thing….
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January 2025 On the Side: A Beautiful Mess
I miss basements!
Growing up in Colorado, then moving to Minnesota (residency), Pennsylvania (fellowship) and then back to Colorado (another fellowship) I always had a basement to rely on for storage. Now in California, where the seismic activity doesn’t allow for such a luxury, I am at a loss for storage space…
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December 2024 On the Side: A Family Calling
The Child Life Specialist was working with my three-year-old triplets in an effort to prepare them all for Benjamin’s upcoming surgery…
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September 2024 On the Side: Contentment and a Lapful of Puppies
Last week we moved our youngest to college. And I did the only thing a mother who now has four adult children can do: I rescued a dog….to add to the other two dogs we already have...
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July 2024 On the Side: Shooting for Five Stars
A 5-star review is nothing compared to the reward of a lifetime of counting the hours you are apart and celebrating every reunion in a way that speaks to you both; knowing that when the storms come, he is praying for me to be sustained, to endure and to cope. Knowing that together, our tomorrow seems brighter no matter the season, the sickness, or the storm.