Snow!
Gem's first day playing in the snow. Toes! (just checking to make sure they're still there.)
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It Gets Real
She had warm eyes and the sweetest smile, but it was her wit that took my breath away. You had to pay attention because her comments were quiet, under-the-breath, but they would make you snort-laugh and shoot your champagne out your nose. To be honest, I didn't know her very well, we only met a [...]
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Dear Gem – Month 19
Your vocabulary is just exploding. It's not just one or two new words a day, it's several. Big words, like squirrel and butterfly, which is nearly unintelligible, but I know what you're saying. You're picking up on concepts, too. The other day when we saw the peacock at the zoo, you pointed at it and [...]
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Pinkwashing and Breast Cancer Awareness Month
As we wind down the end of October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I've heard a number of complaints that go so far as to say we should just forget Breast Cancer Awareness Month altogether because of all the pinkwashing. What is pinkwashing? When corporate jerks slap a pink ribbon on a product or service [...]
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because we danced
I've been having the most deliciously random fantasies lately. My favorite involves a big button or switch on the wall in my house. I'm in control, and I can flip that switch any time I want. The lights go down, a big disco ball descends from the ceiling, and loud, throbbing dance music fills the [...]
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Double Rainbow
I love the way a rainbow can completely lift my mood - the color and light accentuated by the preceding gray clouds and rain. I hope you are having an awesome day.
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