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It’s been a rough couple of weeks at our house. First the hub started with a raging fever and chills, which finally drove us to a 4am emergency room visit for blood cultures, nasal swabs, breathing treatments and IV fluids. … Continue reading →

Nothing remains quite the same. Jimmy Buffet was right. Life is full of changes. Some are predictable: children moving away from home, getting married and the empty nest that ensues. Others, not so much. We never saw this coming. Two … Continue reading →

I just finished making my 4th “last trip” to the grocery store in preparation for the big meal on Thursday. Each “last trip” I thought I was really done. Done. But no. Somehow a new item mysteriously cropped up on … Continue reading →

80 days from today is the first Saturday of the college football season. Thanks to my dad, even though I am from an all girl family, my love for football runs deep. One of my earliest memories was of going … Continue reading →

One of my high school friends frequently travels to the UK for an annual pub crawl (or at least by the looks of her Facebook pics, it’s pretty often.) The closest that I can relate to this is my comparison … Continue reading →

Like most women at my stage of life, I have a lot of titles: wife, sister, daughter, aunt-all great, but the title that has shaped who I am today above all is that of “mom”. The planet shifted for me … Continue reading →

You’ve probably seen that popular holiday sign says that “Some of my best friends are Flakes”. Usually it refers to snowmen, but for my two sisters, the Flakes are a group of friends in the Atlanta area who have shared … Continue reading →

As I write this, our future daughter in law,E, just crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon. Our whole family is beaming with pride, so happy for her accomplishment! She’s a seasoned runner-all through high school and college-she had … Continue reading →

The past 48 hours in MD have been an about face, weather wise. We have gone from cold rain/snow mix to sunny 60 degree weather with the grass getting greener by the minute. I already have my first blister from … Continue reading →