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"We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are always there for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.
-- Jeff Warner"What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you've lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That's what I would give to you."
-Fanni Victoria Green-Lemons (talking to her daughter)If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can, there is nothing more to it than that.
"The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchhill
Author Archives: tricialc
Dinner
I made three dinners tonight. First the kid dinner…chicken nuggets and peas. Then the Daddy dinner, Philly beef sandwich (He did not request a separate dinner, I just love him too much to subject him to what I was planning to eat). Lastly, the … Continue reading
A Daughter uses Mother’s Day as an excuse to show off her exceptional Mom
If you aren’t familiar with StoryCorps, you should be. Both because it is amazing, and because this blog post is in the style pf StoryCorps, so if you don’t make yourself familiar, you may be confused. My mother was born … Continue reading
Evening Reading
We have been reading chapter books to Leila at night for a while now. After suffering through eighteen books worth of Junie B. Jones and her bad grammar, I am finally getting to relive my own childhood favorites through Beverly … Continue reading
I remember
I remember where I was on the morning of September 11th. I had just arrived in the Papa John building for my Computer Analysis class and even though I saw a crowd around the TV in the lobby, I hurried … Continue reading
That’s Me!
In the grocery store tonight the girls and I were hanging out in the toilet paper aisle waiting for Cory to pick out beer from the cooler. Leila points to a toilet paper package with two happy bears playing outside … Continue reading
Brave Girl
Ever since Thea was a baby I noticed lots of differences between her and her sister. Of course, they have a lot in common but Thea is most definitely her own girl. Even when she was barely walking last spring, … Continue reading
Birthday Party, Part 2
I honestly look forward to Leila’s birthday all year. For me, it marks not only another wonderful year of being a mom, but it also marks the beginning of spring and is twice the celebration as we have both Leila … Continue reading
Jumping Daisy 