Mama’s Musings

I am ready for a new beginning.  Many corporations and agencies end their fiscal year June 30 so this year I declare my New Year around the corner, too. 
Changes over the past few months feel to be coming together to prove pivotal. 
1.  Migraines are under control.  What a blessing!  Thank you for all of your prayers [...]

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I once had a teenage boy say to me “You’re cool.  There aren’t too many cool moms.”
I wasn’t sure how to take that at the time or exactly why he felt that way.  Is it my propensity towards tie-die, bandannas, and Birkenstocks?  Or the fact that we could discuss issues of poverty and discrimination or the [...]

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I so love our little village.  We are village people.  When we moved two years ago we gave up privacy for community.  Being in ”the village” seemed to be a sacrifice but it has proved a wonderful blessing.  The preschool and elementary school are within a block as is a wonderful Center for the Arts where [...]

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