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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
>Summer time
>Yesterday was the first day of school in Iowa City, and lots of other places where I have Facebook friends. I love seeing the first day of school pictures with tiny little kids, full of excitement and wearing their new … Continue reading
>Cowgirl!
>Have you ever seen anything this cute? I doubt it.
>Sisters
>One of these days Thea is going to be a master of following directions, and I will have Leila to thank for ordering her around. So far, Thea doesn’t resist too much, except for the fact that she is a … Continue reading
>Changes
>I have this habit. A couple of times a year I find myself feeling totally disgusted with myself. Then I decide to make some changes. The list usually consists of: regular exercise, eating more vegetables, getting up earlier in the … Continue reading
>Vacation
>Last summer on our annual vacation to Warsaw, MO I spent the week lounging around the sweet cabin that we rented and taking care of my baby Thea. This year was lots of action. Aside from the day that we … Continue reading
>House stuff
>We rolled into town after a week in Warsaw to see tons of house progress! We were thrilled to be able to walk into the house and actually see the layout all framed up and to be able to show … Continue reading
>Beautiful
> The other day I was driving home from Lowden by myself listening to a Taylor Swift CD that my little sister Dani had given to me. I heard a few songs all in a row that had a common … Continue reading
>House progress!
>We are starting to get somewhere now! The decking for the first floor went down at the end of last week And today… The first floor is basically done! There aren’t many interior walls, there is a bathroom and a … Continue reading
>A Success at Trying
>Let me first preface this post by warning you that this is not a story of success. Not in the Hollywood sense of the word. There are a several things that I won’t do. They can pretty much be summed … Continue reading
>House Update
> Looks pretty familiar, huh? The lack of house updates is not due to lack of blogging time, but rather lack of progress. As disappointed as we are that things haven’t been moving along, we are doing our best to … Continue reading
Jumping Daisy 