Deena
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...
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Deena
Oct 185 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...
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Deena
Oct 125 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...
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Sep 275 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...
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Aug 304 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...
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Aug 36 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...
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Jun 255 min read
Growing
I remember that time a dear family in the church gave my husband and I a beautiful yellow climbing rose bush and then left just after it...
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Apr 274 min read
If it ain't baroque don't fix it
I won my 6th grade talent competition lip-synching to Amy Grant's "Sing your Praise to the Lord," on a record borrowed from my sweet...
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Apr 176 min read
Mother's Day
The blossoms on the lilac bush are about a week or so from making their debut. Just in time for my birthday. Happy Wednesday friends. I'm...
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Mar 284 min read
March Madness
Hi friends. Happy Thursday from the local library that seems a lot warmer and more crowded than I ever remember. I thought it was time to...
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Mar 143 min read
Messy Monotonous Marvelous Mundane
Some "cheeky" one left a dry-erase marker message on the light blue tile just above the downstairs toilet paper dispenser and it makes me...
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Deena
Feb 265 min read
Favoritism
I have this thing where I tell each of my kids that they are my absolute "favorite." Hi friends. It's been a hot minute. I'm leaving palm...
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Deena
Feb 84 min read
Savor
I smiled while sipping tea at my parents' house when my Mom asked me where I was writing today. "Do you write on your phone?" "No, Mom. ...
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Jan 245 min read
New year old you
"Mom, you having a blog really makes me think twice before doing something stupid, so.... that's good!" This from my youngest while...
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Deena
Dec 16, 20233 min read
Less Martha and a whole lot more MERRY
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With caroling and cookies and cantatas and children’s programs and then…the inevitable...
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Deena
Nov 23, 20234 min read
Thankskidsing
Welcome to the archives again this week friends. May your turkey be delicious and your airpods, charged. (smile) It's almost midnight the...
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Deena
Nov 9, 20235 min read
Home coming
Happy Thursday friends. I greet you from Panera and the "drafts" section of my website where I will be sharing some oldies-but-goodies...
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Deena
Nov 2, 20235 min read
Label maker
Long ago in a far away era lived the label maker from Dymo. It boasted of organizational progress bar none. Do you even remember the 3D...
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Deena
Oct 26, 20233 min read
Everyday Graces
The coffee is a perfect mix of Tim Horton's decaf and Green Mountain blueberry and the swirl of cream and touch of raw sugar make me feel...
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Deena
Oct 19, 20235 min read
A charge to keep
There's a Latino woman who comes to our English as a Second Language class on Wednesday evenings and when I see her my heart smiles....
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