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July 31, 2015

Happy Birthday, Lauren Allegra, Your Mom Loves You!

Sweet Friends, Here we are again, talking babies and birthdays. It was 4:33 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon 29 years ago at Gorgas Army Hospital, Ancon Hill, the Republic of Panama that I first set eyes on this bundle of baby.  Although she wasn’t holding on to any type of rabbit at the moment of […]

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July 30, 2015

Happy Birthday, Brennyn Alexis, Your Momma Loves You!

 Sweet Friends, At exactly 10:14 p.m. on July 30, 1984 in the delivery room at the Millington Naval Air Station Hospital outside of Memphis, Tennessee, I met this little girl for the first time.  She wasn’t wearing the Mr. Potato Head glasses that evening or the above hand-me-down clothes.  Now that I think back, she […]

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OOTDs and SIAs: My Fashion Haus 07.2020
In what felt like the blink of an eye, I have gone from full-time wife to my sweet husband, hands-on mom to my two beautiful daughters and elementary school librarian to a retired, empty nester with lots of time on my hands. Join me on my journey to rediscover who I am. Glad you are here...

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02.26.2021 Thank you, Paul, for taking care of Flu 02.26.2021 Thank you, Paul, for taking care of Fluff. You are a good man. I love you. 
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