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heart.song

the end of this school year, as any school year, and the beginning of school year, and the middle of the the school year, and the mid of the middle of the school year, is bittersweet for me (and all mothers…i swear it is the same for us all…we love that they grow, yet we…

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my.accidental.destiny

“Jenny, i don’t know if Momma was right or if, if it’s Lieutenant Dan. i don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but i, i think maybe it’s both. maybe both is happening at the same time.” forrest.gump

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midnight at the magnolia tree

daily mantra: it’s like life’s this slippery slope and we’re never really in control and sometimes it seems like running into a tree is the worst thing that could ever happen, when really it’s what stops us from going over the cliff. –Brian Strause my grandmother took me to the cemetery almost every day in…

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the.road.we.took

“This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.” today the United States has washed its 10 years of dirty laundry, and hung it, triumphantly, out off the back deck clothes-line to dry in the soft May breeze. waking this morning to the news of Bin Laden’s…

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fail.

none of the photos i planned today for them turned out the way i had planned. none. not for the whole week. not one…single…photo. i had lots in mind. this evening i stooped to bribery (i’m not above a good bribe, folks…you get what you give in this life). i am eating dinner. katie: “can…

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