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It Was Coffee…

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I still can’t believe it. Charlie is doing very well. We went for a follow-up appointment Tuesday and the nurse said it looked good. At least I think that is what he said. I couldn’t really hear anything over Charlie’s uncontrollable hysteria. He lost it the millisecond we entered the clinic. We go back on [...]

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Yesterday… Unedited

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This is not for the faint of heart.
Or coffee lovers.
I was talking to a friend and trying to balance the stroller that had tipped over by the donut table. Charlie dunked his hand in my cup of coffee. I didn’t even see him do it.
When he started screaming, the entire church was [...]

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News On Charlie

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I hope this sufficiently takes the place of a zillion phone calls and emails. Please forgive us for not calling you all individually.
This morning in the lobby after church I was holding a scalding hot cup of coffee in one hand and Charlie in the other. He was sitting on my forearm with [...]

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The Writer’s Conference

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There were name tags. There were bagels. There were interestingly clad women with no make-up. My boys were at home with daddy. I was in heaven.
It lived up to the stereotypical conference in every possible way. When I arrived at the host church I could smell the coffee before I was even ten feet from [...]

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Lunch… Interrupted

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I ate a ham and cheese panini in a little cafe on the edge of Southlake Town Center. I had already been to the doctor that morning and told it was not time, see you next week. My friend Jerri sat across from me making idle conversation while I pouted about my inhumane state of [...]

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