The Tree of My Emotional Connections
When I got older still, somehow the lesson circled back, and quietly made my family grow more treasured each year.
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“Little Lamb” by Jenedy Paige
If you want to cry for joy, read “Crying He Makes” and discover a Little Lamb.
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A Fireman’s Valentine
Apparently, people with burning houses don’t consider the Valentines plans of their first responders. (How dare they?)
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February Goals – more reports and confessions
I had a lovely little idea that February would be the perfect month to focus on intimacy, and then I inherited a newborn baby.
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Letter to Regan
It must be a strange experience to have an injury that your family does not know about. We keep writing you letters as if nothing has happened.
Our Valentines 2020
I find myself loving what we make: things that mean something to me. Or sometimes, distressed letters from Walmart. Yeah, that works.
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Hard things
I just purged my house, nesting, frenetically sorting through every closet, every drawer, to remove all that we don’t need. And now I am buying more.
Worry is my love language
I never considered myself a fearful person, but with growing responsibility has come growing anxiety. Surely if I worry enough, it will help somehow…
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Ever after
I wrote this piece many weeks ago, about living as a foster parent and a woman. Now at last I am young enough to share it.
Ways to love in busy seasons: your turn
How do you carve out time to invest in your marriage during busy seasons? What habits do you incorporate into your life to build love? Can you share simple ways to add some special?
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