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Onto the Next Chapter

June 8, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last night was Gretchen’s 8th grade moving up ceremony. I don’t want to say what everyone else says about the days going slow and the years going fast. BUT THEY ARE RIGHT. I mean, this is where we were eleven years ago when I first started writing this blog. She was only 3 years old. […]

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Done is Better than Perfect

May 3, 2023 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I’ve committed to writing a blog post a day for the next 90 days, and today I’m feeling the pressure of “perfection” which is not even attainable and it’s given me a major case of writer’s block. I also know that consistency is really important and I’m only on day 3 of writing 90 posts […]

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Declamation

May 1, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Remember back in 2012 when I started this whole blog and Ingrid was the Infamous Number 4 at the time? Whether she was getting lost at the town beach or getting pissed that she had to go back to school or doing a Spartan Race with a broken elbow or catching critters outside… she always […]

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Aunt Verna

April 2, 2023 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Aunt Verna isn’t technically my aunt. She and her husband, Uncle Chris, were besties with my mom and dad since high school. Maybe even earlier than that. Uncle Chris’s sister, Aunt Kathy, married my dad’s brother, Uncle Peter. Uncle Peter was my dad’s youngest brother. He and my dad were really close – they worked […]

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An Awesome Girls’ Weekend

February 21, 2023 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Ingrid had her high school championship meet this past weekend at Franklin & Marshall University in Lancaster, PA. We were there last December for another meet where, as luck would have it, both her high school team and Kristofer’s club team were swimming. Kasen, Gretchen and Marit came with me to watch the meet in […]

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Happy Birthday Papa

January 20, 2023 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Happy 78th Birthday to the GOAT. The Greatest Dad of All Time. And the Greatest Grandpa of All Time. Whether we are on vacation or at a water park or on a road trip or giving hugs or playing cards or celebrating a new house or helping a grandson get his license or watching fireworks […]

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