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    A Happy Thanksgiving in 2020

    November 28, 2020 - By 

    It’s been a really weird year, but I’m heading into the holidays with an optimistic outlook for a Happy Thanksgiving with few family members. Immediately after writing that first sentence, I got off the computer and didn’t bother with it again until now, which is Saturday and Thanksgiving is done and gone… So belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, I hope you found a way to celebrate and had some thanks to give. I am very thankful this year that my husband is home with us and not deployed to Iraq like last year! I’m thankful for schools being open and…

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    An Honest Thanksgiving Post

    November 22, 2018 - By 

    This is just an honest Thanksgiving post from a frazzled mom. While I’m trying to write this, my son is sitting on my lap yelling “put on Reading Eggs! Mommy mommy mommy…reading eggs…reading eggs…” while the dog barks incessantly at the window where she can see my husband outside chatting with neighbors. All I asked for this evening was some time to get my blog posts done. Maybe a quiet hour or two. I had a paid post I needed to get out on time, along with the accompanying social media stuff. It takes some time to get it all…

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    Thankful the Bitterness is Gone

    November 22, 2017 - By 

    It’s time for the official what makes me thankful Thanksgiving post! And for me, every day, I am most thankful my son has erased the bitterness that used to sit in my heart and eat away at me, especially around the holidays. I was always indifferent about having children. Take ’em or leave ’em. But mostly just take them far away from me. The day I found out I was pregnant for the first time I was more shocked than excited. It was a sudden life change I didn’t think I was ready for. And then slowly the idea grew…