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Messages from Mom 06.2023

  Sweet friends, I originally wrote this post in my journal and later shared it with the writing group PC and I have joined.  Been wanting to share it here with you.  And today is finally the day I do. Just a reminder:  Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After occasionally uses affiliate links […]

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Sentence a Day 01.2023

Welcome dear ones to Sentence a Day 01.2023 – my monthly review of life in one run-on sentence a day. Today I am bringing you my sentences from January, as long-winded as always.  Each month I tell myself to try to do just a couple of words for each day.  But I wind up writing […]

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Duke’s Mixture 06.16.2022: Thankful Thursday & More

Ladybugs, thank you for joining me for another edition of Duke’s Mixture 06.16.2022.  Again, this week, I am joining my friends Rebecca at Knit by God’s Hand and Jennifer at All 4 Boys for Thankful Thursday.  And my buddy Marsha at Marsha in the Middle for 10 on the 10th (almost a week late).  But first I […]

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Thankful Thursday 01.27.2022

Dear ones, it’s time for Thankful Thursday 01.27.2022.  But if I don’t hurry this edition is actually going to go live on Friday!!  Joining Rebecca Jo at Knit by God’s Hand and Jennifer at All 4 Boys in sharing the hosting responsibilities for the Thankful Thursday series again this year.  Some weeks, you might discover posts from […]

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Thankful Thursday 01.13.2022

Sweet friends, this post for Thankful Thursday 01.13.2022 has been bumping around in my heart and my head for a couple of weeks now.  Wanted LIFE to slow down a little before I tried to find the words to describe all the emotions to include immense gratitude that accompanied Brennyn’s delivery of my grandson Declan. […]

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Where Bloggers Live 12.2021: My Favorite Holiday

Hello sugar plums…thanks for joining me for this month’s Where Bloggers Live 12.2021:  My Favorite Holiday.  This month’s edition has us talking about our favorite holiday at home.  With Thanksgiving just behind us and Christmas on the horizon, you might think those celebrations would be the theme of my post.  But in all honesty, in […]

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