Don’t Forget! I’m still looking for thankful submissions from YOU! Send me anything from a paragraph to 750 words on why you are thankful. Attach a bio and optional picture and send to me at juliearduini@juliearduini.com. I’ll publish them throughout November as part of the annual thankful series. Thanks! From Wikipedia: If a flanking maneuver…
Years ago my mom bought me a bag similar to this. At the time I had a school-age child and a baby with chronic illness and special needs. I’d look at the bag and kick myself for not putting in the real pictures of my family but it wasn’t on the top of my priorities…
I’ve had the opportunity to catch a couple high school girl’s soccer games this season and I had the biggest revelation during the last one. I’d had a stressful day with a puppy who chewed through his harness without my knowledge and took off for a run in the hood so fast I didn’t even…
In the midst of packing my husband shared a revelation. The day we move to the house we believe is the last one for us is ten years to the day we moved to Ohio. Wow. Some days it feels like yesterday, and others, 100 years. I know this much—when my husband approached me over…
It isn’t every day I want to walk away from being me, but there are days. And my whine to heaven is one I could record and just press play because it’s almost always the same vent. I prayed for that person. I did what You asked. I spent so much time encouraging them. And…
Last week I was talking with my mom and she made a comment that it’s obvious watching my husband that he loves what he does. His work requires long and unpredictable hours, consistent deadlines, and this year, international travel. Yet, the man whistles when he gets up. No lie. He whistles getting ready. He whistles…