Birthdays

By Lore Slaughter | August 6, 2021 |

Last week I celebrated my birthday.  The night before I was lying in bed waiting for my one-year-old to fall asleep and I started thinking about how much my view of birthdays has changed since I became a mother. When I was a child I remember looking forward to my birthday because it was the…

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5 Years

By Lore Slaughter | June 11, 2021 |

Just this past week my firstborn son turned 5.  It still feels strange to type that out.  If you are reading this post on the day it publishes you will probably be reading it while I am attending his preschool graduation.  I didn’t even know that preschool graduation was a thing!  The past year and…

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2020: What a Year

By Lore Slaughter | December 18, 2020 |

We all know that 2020 has been quite a year.  So much has gone wrong and as it nears its end I think many are glad to have it behind us.  I have to admit though, the realist in me doesn’t foresee 2021 being much better – at least not the first part of the…

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Hopes and Wishes for 2019

By Lore Slaughter | January 3, 2019 |

January is always a time of New Year’s resolutions. It’s a time for making a plan for the New Year and for making goals.  If you are anything like me, you probably start the year off with many of these goals but how many of them are actually realistically achievable and among those, how many…

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