by Marissa | Oct 18, 2013 | 31 days 2013, Guest Post, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorised
{Guest Post by Dea Daniels} Our new gift-of-a-Labrador arrived within minutes of the phone call. Two unexpected events. One, the arrival of cheerand energy and a new beginning. The other, the announcement of a heartbreaking trauma; a loss forever etched in a mother’s...
by Marissa | Oct 5, 2013 | 31 Dayers 2013, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
Today will be my first spontaneous post of the month; the previous ones hurriedly written and readied for posting before Dan took his work computer (and our only working computer) with him to Ontario. I’ll just tell you ahead of time that it’s not totally...
by Marissa | Sep 10, 2013 | Aneliese, GrowingFamily, Homeschool, Image-Update, Life, reading/literacy, Uncategorised
We’ve officially dove into homeschool kindergarten! Last week as the first day of school came and the big yellow buses began to pass our house, I had a mini parenting crisis. Could I really teach my girls? Was this really the best thing for them? Is Aneliese missing...
by Marissa | Aug 11, 2013 | Daily Rhythm, Dan, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Uncategorised
The days of summer are moving quickly; sometimes I want to cling to them and enjoy each one while others see me waiting for Fall with the hopes of a slower pace. Between lots of amazing company, including two families at once who brought the number of little girls in...
by Marissa | May 22, 2013 | GrowingFamily, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Parenting, Uncategorised
I want to thank each of you for your kind words and encouragement after my last post, learning to love. As usual, when I get a little more personal, I hovered over the publish button wondering if I really should. I don’t (or try not to anyway) write for the response...
by Marissa | Sep 24, 2012 | Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
September has flown by faster than I can believe. It’s fall, glorious fall, and my favorite season! The crisp, cooling air brings such refreshment and renewed life. So good. I have fifty billion things that I want to talk about but hardly know where to begin so...
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