Serendipity and Serenity

Today, a story of serendipity and serenity.

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PPBF: The Boy Who Lost His Laugh

Emerson once wrote: The earth laughs in flowers.

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Dear 2025,

Dear 2025, Thank you for the final lesson of your tenure,

the idea that some things need to break in order to heal.

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Failing For Her

Meet Everly, our family's first foster fail.

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My Earth Day Dad

It's Earth Day, so I'm celebrating nature.

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March {into} Wellness

As we spring into March Madness 2025, 

I'm basking in a wellspring of wellness resources. 

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'Til Death Us Do Part

It was the saddest thing I'd experienced in a long time,

so I grabbed my camera to document what

'til death us do part really looks like.

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The Trouble With Heroes by Kate Messner

Magic is alive.

Snowfall real and not contrived.

2025.

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Leaning In and Leading On

Where has the month gone? Is it Christmas week already?

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Twinning at Thanksgiving

Holiday greetings from deep in the heart of Texas.

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So Very Thankful

Today I'm excited because I got this T-shirt on resale recently.

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PPBF: The Mosaic

One of my mom's favorite treasures was this mosaic of the jewelry 

she wore during her early years as a wife and mom.

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Her Key To Heaven

This past month has been fraught with challenges; John's mom

fell down and broke her hip mid-July, so she spent her 90th birthday

in this skilled-nursing facility just down the road from us.

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What's In A Name?

Happy new year; when do you start the 2024-25 school year?

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Dancing Through Life

So I saw this meme online the other day and it made me laugh, so I added it to this picture of the dance that my cam caught John and Jacob doing in their kitchen assembly line Saturday, so that friends and family can 

(see what I did there?) enjoy fresh salsa all year long! 🍅💃🍅

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Today's Special Delivery

Today I'm grateful for my husband's thoughtfulness at snapping this shot of the moment when our mail carrier, Angela, arrived with Birdie & Mipps.

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PPBF: Oddbird's Chosen Family

Today I'm still on Cloud 9 from yesterday's release of Birdie & Mipps.

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Celebrating Birdie & Mipps

Today I'm excited because my sister is visiting; look at the memory gift she had made for me, to celebrate this week's release of our niche picture book about the importance of names and respectful use of nicknames.

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PPBF: Always Your Stepdad

Happy PPBF and a blessed Easter weekend from TX, where our bluebonnets and paintbrushes are blanketing the ditches and fields. 

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All Cried Out

Today as I prepare to talk about friendships for an afternoon Tea I'm keynoting, my brother Mark's memory hangs heavily on my heart. 

Isn't he the most debonair Santa Mipps with that beard?

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