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Fault Lines
Hi friends. Are you welcoming September with open arms like I am? It's a "make your way to Lancaster, PA for a very special wedding...
Deena
Sep 124 min read


Polyanna Parents
We are three and one half hours out from the infamous college drop-off for not one but TWO of ours leaving the nest for the first time,...
Deena
Aug 284 min read


Pickle on the plate
I just frantically searched for three solid minutes for my reading glasses on my head. I'm THAT many years old. And then ever so...
Deena
Aug 214 min read


Accordion folder spill over
Well, one is wed, three head for college in two weeks, and the last of the mohicans begins her tenth grade year of home education. It's...
Deena
Aug 124 min read


Beautiful
My younger brother, my only brother and the baby of the family as we like to remind him, has lovely blue-green eyes. BOTH of my older...
Deena
Jul 55 min read


Family Trees
I recently read this question and it got the wheels rolling in my mind, "If you could give yourself permission to be curious about your...
Deena
Jun 56 min read


Diving board parenting
Some people leave their heart in New York City, but I prefer to leave my right AirPod in Somerset, Pennsylvania. It does sound a little...
Deena
May 295 min read


"L’Chaim!"
You can say that I have a strange appreciation for old movies. With "Fiddler on the Roof" being one of them. Hi Friends! It's my...
Deena
Apr 305 min read


upsides-down
Hi friends. Happy Friday. I'm pulling one out of the "drafts" this afternoon from the site, quietly waiting to see the light of day. With...
Deena
Apr 185 min read


Cows and coming home
When I first learned to drive I had a horrendous sense of direction. Hi friends. Happy Saturday. The dishes are caught-up for the next...
Deena
Apr 126 min read


Parenting advice for "Bigs"
My dear husband changed the picture for this site and I now get to introduce you to my chicken pox scars. I feel like I need that...
Deena
Apr 14 min read


Just do it.
You know that thing that's been in the back of your mind for days, weeks or even years. Just go ahead and do it. Hi friends. Happy...
Deena
Feb 194 min read


Love-ly
"So you just keep stretching until you can do it?" "My daughter really wants to marry your son." "It would take about three weeks to...
Deena
Feb 35 min read


Change and the Unchangable
Hi friends. It's been a hot minute. Or a "cold hour,” if you live in the North East. The Lord opened the sweetest opportunity to...
Deena
Jan 166 min read


Diamond Days
On very rare occasions my sweetheart and I write each other messages in soap on the bathroom mirror. The most recent message from my...
Deena
Oct 26, 20245 min read


No passing zone
I did NOT grow up around children. No babies to learn to coddle, no toddlers to learn to be patient with. Hi Friends. Happy Fri-yay. Few...
Deena
Oct 18, 20245 min read


Meh-he-co Part dos
It was a beautiful day for a trip to West Virginia for a wedding. Recently we celebrated my adorable nephew and his sweet bride. Happy...
Deena
Oct 12, 20245 min read


Meh-he-co Part uno
Did I take a Dunkin' pumpkin coffee into Starbucks to sit and write you all? Why yes. Yes I did. The Forties has brought new levels of...
Deena
Sep 27, 20245 min read


The best laid plans of mice and men....
( bonus points if you can finish this poetic sentence ) A recent home school conversation went like this: Daughter : Mom! Want me to...
Deena
Aug 30, 20244 min read


In Rejoicing
Hi friends. Happy Saturday to ya. The August air is warm and lovely here in Northeast Ohio. And since it has been a "minute" since I've...
Deena
Aug 3, 20246 min read
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