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In which you can read the actual text of my Best Girl speech as opposed to...
Do I need to write an obligatory wedding post? You can read what Brandi said to know how Thursday and Friday morning went. You can get Jeff’s perspective here. And Scott’s here. Andrea even talked...
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a profound mystery
When I was almost five, my parents celebrated their tenth anniversary. My dad gave my mom a ring with nine diamonds on it. I asked him why it wasn’t a ring with ten diamonds (I was very proud of myself...
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a graceful clearing.
Sometimes our life reminds me of a forest in which there is a graceful clearing and in that opening a house, an orchard and garden, comfortable shades, and flowers red and yellow in the sun, a pattern...
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Many waters.
When love has got you in its throes Even the summer’s heat just freezes your soul And the sweetest song It just clanks along And the morning dew just says goodnight And leaves your heart undone It...
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Where the ocean meets the greenery.
When you visit a place year after year, you don’t necessarily notice as it changes. The little things slip by until, after several years, you look around you and see how different the world looks....
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Grits are good for you.
When I was in Michigan last week, the company provided us with these buttons that they called flair. You know, flair. It was not ironic flair, but many of the freshly graduated teachers were probably...
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Hold it high.
Lanterns by Amaury Henderick. Shared through a Creative Commons license. After I mentioned the Great Target Wedding Registry Incident of 2000, Mike came to me and said, “I have no idea what you are...
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And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
From the preface to Leaves of Grass, found here. I did not expect the sheer physicality of being pregnant, how tired I get after a walk I used to be able to run. The pain in my back. The way he keeps...
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feast of love.
It amused me, at my brother’s wedding, to be reminded of how different he and I are. Mike and I had our ceremony and readings set early, and one of the things I cared most about was having nice...
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eighteen
Dear Atticus, You are eighteen months old! One of my students constantly asks how old you are and then says, “Why do you say it in months?” I don’t know. That’s just what you do. Around fifteen or...
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