Here we go, Steelers!

The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to Super Bowl XL.
This may be news for some of you. For others, it may seem like something vaguely familiar, maybe something you've heard on the news. Still others of you maybe be thrilled about this, being football fans yourselves. But here, folks, this “small” bit of news–it's pure [...]

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the right way

Good evening. Thanks to all of your thoughts, prayers, and suggestions. It really, truly does help to remember that I'm not the only one in history who's ever had a sleep-challenged baby.
I've been putting off this post. Mostly because baby sleep is such a charged issue. Wherever you stand, if it works for you, [...]

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my lovely, lively baby

Ellery is ten months old today!
She rang in the beginning of her eleventh month by crying for three hours this morning. (And by “morning,” I mean 3:35 a.m. – 6 something a.m. And we all know that's really the middle of the night.) Allow me to give you a sample schedule of an average* [...]

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reunion

Today, or tomorrow, we'll be reunited with Jason! Hurray! We all miss him and will be glad to have the weekend to spend with him. He leaves again bright and early Monday morning for three days of training for his job, but at least we have the weekend. And we'll all return home to PA [...]

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2006

Happy New Year, friends!
I rang it in, barely awake, by watching the ball drop. (Dick Clark sounds so much older since his stroke, doesn't he?) Then I drank some sparking apple-peach juice. It's the first New Year's I've spent without Jason since 1998!
May your year be blessed with purpose, life, and joy.

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