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carrying a bucket full of wonder and hope

pray & scrub
carrying a bucket full of wonder and hope
carrying a bucket full of wonder and hope
  • what it is can be ok…
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    what it is can be ok…

    6 November 201311 January 2023

        Good Morning!   Cade’s five year well check is today and I took the morning off work to take him. He’s scared of shots and I’m don’t like…

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  • when your heart needs to pray…
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    when your heart needs to pray…

    1 October 201311 January 2023

    I scrub best when there’s something to pray…. My boys played with the wooden trains and argued over whose train was longer, faster, better… I stood at the sink and washed the week-old dirty…

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  • Divorce isn’t an option…
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    Divorce isn’t an option…

    18 August 201327 December 2022

    …until it is. Because I promise you, divorce was never on my bucket list and yet, somehow, there it is.Scribbled in thick black, a tiny line scratched across the middle…

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  • story
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    story

    2 August 201327 December 2022

    I used to hate the beach. My parents would pile me and all our stuff in the back of an Avalon for the 6 hour drive south- I was crammed…

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  • wake up!
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    wake up!

    6 June 201311 January 2023

      Now that school is out, I let the boys sleep in a little… more for my morning sanity, than their summer  break… I grab clean clothes, search for their…

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  • pieces to pick up…
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    pieces to pick up…

    1 June 201311 January 2023

          she tells us how to fall in love. again. the anger burns and the tears swell until they fall, not because i need to do those things……

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  • no crying in baseball…
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    no crying in baseball…

    14 May 201311 January 2023

      This boy’s team lost out in the post-season tournament over the weekend. Kid after kid came out of the dugout heartbroken or stompin’ mad. I braced myself for my…

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  • the vase on the shelf
    adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    the vase on the shelf

    10 May 201311 January 2023

    it’s that pretty vase you want to keep safe, so you put it high on a shelf.and one day, you find the vase on the floor with a chip in…

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  • adventure and memories | kitchen sink | messy heart | small talk

    the one about windows

    7 May 201311 January 2023

    I miss our windows in Germany.   The solid panes of glass that opened like barn doors. The way the breeze flowed through the house, cooling it off without needing…

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what comes next

Everybody wants to know what comes next.Since we’ve been home, I’ve been asked that question...
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2015

Last year, I ended 2013 by watching movies alone in my house. The boys were...
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like an old worn hoodie…

    Happiness seems out of reach most days.But some days, the sadness falls behind...
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  • hug those you love
  • read a chapter
  • clean up the mess
  • find adventure
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