An Update on Mom

Family

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Oct 28

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I can’t tell you how grateful I am for the community here, and for each one of you who has messaged me or left a comment here or elsewhere about my mom and what she’s going through. THANK YOU. I’m going to copy an email I sent to some of my family about what’s been […]

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We’re in the trenches

Family

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Oct 26

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Sometimes in life, you’re down deep in the trenches, fighting hard, struggling to breathe. I’ve been here many times before, but right now we’re back in the trenches with my mom. I was adopted by my parents as a newborn when they were in their forties. They’ve always said that I kept them young, but […]

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The 2nd Grade Head Lice Dilemma & Other Tales

Family

The Wet brush - best detangling hairbrush - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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The Wet brush - best detangling hairbrush - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Oct 23

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It was 1993 and the summer in between sixth and seventh grades when I first went to sleepaway church camp for the first time. There the youth group engaged in tons of church (naturally), playing ping pong, gender-segregated swimming, lots of checking out the opposite sex (naturally), and the usual amount of dorm hazing. In […]

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Blue Dining Room Reveal w/ Benjamin Moore

Our House

Pencil Shavings Studio dining room reveal with Benjamin Moore - Benjamin Moore Lucerne - blue dining room - white wainscoting - aqua accents - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Pencil Shavings Studio dining room reveal with Benjamin Moore - Benjamin Moore Lucerne - blue dining room - white wainscoting - aqua accents - www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Oct 22

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It took a village, but I’ve finally got my dining room makeover ready to show you!  I’m still waiting for my chandelier, and I also want to hang some drapes, but overall, I’m really happy with how the makeover has turned out. (Here’s the before of what the dining room looked like, complete with brown wallpaper, yucky […]

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