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Every. Single. Year.

Every.

The New Year is upon us as the Christmas season gets packed away. Even packing away the Christmas tree and decorations makes the house seem large.   It is weird how much bigger the house looks now. And yes, I say that…..

Every. Single. Year. Continue reading Every. Single. Year.

Top Ten Things Children Remember

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Parents, children and memories….as parents we do all we can to make memories for our children. And we do the best we can with what we have available to us. We take vacations to the beach, we make special crafts, we have one on one excursions, we have wonderful birthday parties….but alas,

They grow up. Continue reading Top Ten Things Children Remember

Again~Oscar and the Reminder

I am in the craft room working…low and behold…there Oscar is…again…on the same day as last year.  I think the message deserves a repeat post.  The Father used my dog again.

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Oscar and The Reminder

Our furry baby is a West Highland Terrier named Oscar.

We are “empty nesters” and he has moved into our hearts and taken it, throwing away that silly key!  He drives us crazy (‘tenacious terriers” is not an understatement). But we cannot imagine life without him. We lost our other Westie, Bubba almost six years ago and we were never having another animal because his death hurt so much.

Right…….Our animals can teach us a lot.

Oscar brought something to my attention again.  I have seen it before, and most likely written about it..but it really confirmed the importance of the lesson to me again. Continue reading Again~Oscar and the Reminder