I pulled the chair into the stream of sun pouring in through our dirty patio window and took a seat, tucking my knees into my chest.

I let the heat warm my face and the light kiss my soul.

I let myself just be in the moment.

Then I reached for a book.

“It’ll be ok,” he said as he came up from the basement.

I just looked at him and buried my head back…

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His voice carried through the screen door with a passing warm breeze.

“It’s gorgeous out babe. You should really come outside.”

I saw that he had pulled out the plastic lawn chairs that had been hibernating in the shed for the winter.

I looked down at my pajama bottoms that had been comfortably molded to my legs after a few days of wearing them.

My shirt was wrinkled from laying in bed all morning.

I brushed my hands through my tangled hair.

I didn’t…

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I love reading books that can teach children valuable lessons.  The Last Page in the Diary is a great read for both adults and children.   It is a book that will help teach about the evils of prejudice.  Below is the review I have written of this timeless book.  …

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I am currently reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.  It is a story about Olympic runner Louis Zamperini and his survival at sea and in Japanese POW camps during WWII.  I love books about WWII.  I love the romanticism of the times, although I understand that war is hell no matter what…

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So even though I mostly cloth diaper my son, I decided to get a Diaper Geni for the two other babies in my care that are in diapers... to be honest when things get busy, I just throw my son in disposables until I have time to catch up with the laundry. Don't ask me how I went so long without a diaper geni, but… Continue