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A North Carolina Christmas
It took twenty four hours longer than anticipated (airplane schedules and all that misery) but eventually the nine of us sat around our cozy kitchen table, eating. Peter poured the San Pellegrino, Ella watched us all with her sober wide-eyed stare, Jacob didn’t sit in his seat (I guess somethings do change…eventually), Mom sat in quiet wonder surrounded…
High Tea at O.Henry
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick Douglass The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3: 22 – 24 With every attempt at elegance, we sat in the peace of high tea at O.Henry Hotel and sipped from fine china….
Fighting Fear: Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge
It started as another rainy day in the Pacific Northwest. The rain scares me. A lot. Anytime a local finds out I’m gearing up for my first winter in rainyland, a variation of “I hope you survive” is inevitably coming my way. Whether its the well-meaning acquaintance wishing me luck in the coming months or…
I went to North Carolina
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Zoom First Birthday Party & Virtual Cake Smash
When I started planning my daughter’s first birthday party, I was overwhelmed as I tried to make a Zoom first birthday party & virtual cake smash a fun activity despite the limitations. However hard it would be, I needed to have a birthday party to commemorate our first year of parenthood and to celebrate my…