The Visitors
I love it, love it, love it when guests come to town, but it also ups our household ante from busy to tornadic. Gone are the days of cold cereal for breakfast (and very occasionally, dinner), and in...
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Look Again
The desert doesn’t always strike me as being pretty, so after school today the kids and I went on a quest to find a little beauty where I wasn’t sure any existed. We went to this stretch of...
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Call Me Dusty
A girl and her dog Today, our kids could not stop talking about yesterday’s desert adventure. I found this to be pretty amusing considering there was never any mention of hanging out in the desert the...
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Room for one more
My husband has a direct line to no less than four animal rescue organizations in Dubai. I have woken up several times in the middle of the night to find him at the computer looking – not at smut – but...
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Chili P.
Chili P. Just when I thought we were taking a little break from dog fostering, my husband looked like he had a little something up his sleeve when he picked up the kids and I from the airport at the...
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All I want for Christmas is….an iPad
This morning my son told me that he’s asking Santa for an iPad. He’s four. And then the rest of the breakfast conversation went something like this: Daughter: “Well, if he’s asking for an iPad for...
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Sacrifice
It’s no secret that parents make sacrifices for their children every day, and my parents made sacrifices for my brother and I before we were even born. My Mom and Dad fell in love during college. They...
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A Broad Abroad
This post was inspired by the mystery thriller novel The Expats by Chris Pavone. Kate Moore happily sheds her old life to become a stay-at-home mom when her husband takes a job in Europe. As she...
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When Pigs Fly
Even after 20 years of marriage, my husband still occasionally leaves me baffled. He has been in the flying business for the past 15 years and recently achieved his career goal of becoming an...
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The Way it Was
A few days ago my grandfather passed away at the age of 99. All of the old adages are true – he’s in a better place now and lived a long, full life, more so than many people – but I’m finding it hard...
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