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An Escape to Paradise for Spring Break
After my diagnosis last year, and as we settled into life with cancer treatments, we stopped planning things for a bit. I had a trip with some friends I already had tickets for that I was still able to go… Continue reading
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Discouragement: Finding Hope in all the Hard
Over the past few weeks, there have been a lot of hard things – bad news, discouraging results, and lots and lots of pain. There have been a lot of days where hope and positivity was very hard to find.… Continue reading
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A Crazy Birthday Day
My birthday tends to fall on weird days – days with tons midterms when I was in college and high school, days when there is a ton of things going on, etc, etc. It seems to be in the heart… Continue reading
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A Few Arthur Adventures
Life with Arthur is always an adventure. I never really know what I am going to hear from him or what he is going to do. Yes, there are the teenage boy moments and difficulties you get with most thirteen… Continue reading
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Finishing February
This month has seemed to fly by, while also felt like it moved slowly, like walking through mud. Isn’t it strange how both things can be true at the same time? I think that is one of the paradoxes of… Continue reading
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Life With Elder Brown
It is crazy to think about how Derek, aka: Elder Brown, has been serving his mission for more than 9 months now, and will hit a year of service before we know it. He loves being a service missionary and… Continue reading
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A Very Valentine Weekend
The day before Valentine’s Day just happened to be an early release day at school. Because our schedule was all messed up because of this and other things going on, we decided not to rotate and just keep our homeroom… Continue reading
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February Fun
After some cold weather in January, February has come in so beautifully. This is part of the reason I love living in San Antonio so much – the mild and fantastic weather we have most of the “winter” months. Kevin… Continue reading
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The End of January
We finished off the month of January with quite a few events for Arthur. One of which was the district academic UIL competition. The competition was actually the morning before the big ice storm, but because they were trying to… Continue reading
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A Very Icy Weekend
We had the most wonderful start to our weekend! My sister Cheryl and her husband Scott were in the area as they were heading home from a two month road trip. They were able to come over for dinner and… Continue reading
