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Just the Five of Us

I’ve been loving these warm summer mornings lately when Jeff and I can make a way-too-big breakfast filled with waffles, eggs, hash browns, fruit, coffee and fresh-from-the-freezer orange juice. And I love the dance that the two of us have created in our morning...

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My Mother Was Always Right

I think I've mentioned my horrible adult acne drama here on the blog before. It's not a pretty sight my friends -  a girl in her mid-twenties still dealing with teenage facial blemishes. In short, it's been about 7 years of struggle with acne for me. It was like an...

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Pokey the Lobster

We're really not shellfish kind of people. But when the father of your bride that was born and bred in the heart of Maine takes you to a lobster pound on the New England coast, you better cozy up to the idea of a big fat poky lobster for dinner. I was a little...

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The Feeling of Home

Its just not home until we have Gracie snuggled between us. Until the layers of life come peeling off – the shoes and socks, the jewelry and makeup, our laptops and iPhones, our stresses and cares. Until we’ve slipped on our pajamas and crawled under the covers of...

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