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Sophie likes “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

December 25, 2011 – 4:00 am

A lot. “And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags.  It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he […]

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Thanksgiving 2011

December 23, 2011 – 1:37 am

My mom’s table settings are always beautiful. Mom, Kyle and Dad cooking in the kitchen. Grandma making stuffing. Mom cooking. beautiful Colleen Owen could have spent hours doing this. Sophie decked out for the holiday. fresh flowers (a gift from my dad to my mom), vintage linens, dinner plates from France, antique crystal wine glasses […]

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Wearing Wings

December 23, 2011 – 1:23 am

Sophie wanted everyone to be bugs. Or fairies. Or butterflies. Whatever it was, that particular day (it always differs), James wasn’t too pleased. “If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.” —Coco Chanel

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12th OSU Thanksgiving

December 23, 2011 – 1:19 am

Once again, a wonderful Saturday with wonderful friends. “What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” —A. A. Milne

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Winter Hat Season

December 23, 2011 – 12:05 am

taken November 16, 2011 “Under my hood I have a hat. And under that My hair is flat.” —Karla Kuskin

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Sophie, the Butterfly (Sort Of)

December 23, 2011 – 12:00 am

It’s a good thing I don’t paint faces for a living. “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” —Carl Sagan

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Pop Pop’s Birthday

December 22, 2011 – 11:56 pm

Happy birthday, Dad. I love you! “There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.” —John […]

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Sophie’s Preschool Pictures

December 20, 2011 – 12:18 am

Sophie attends Country Hills Montessori three days a week in Fort Thomas. Robert White of White Photography, a CHM parent and professional photographer, took the class pictures this year. I love this one. This one makes me laugh. This is the face she makes when you say, “smile.” Her Great Aunt Susie, by the way, […]

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Southern Momentum Guest Post: The Season of Innocence

December 19, 2011 – 10:37 am

Today an essay I wrote last year, titled “The Season of Innocence,” is featured on Southern Momentum. If you missed it last year, you can read it again, here. Thank you, Stephanie, for sharing it. “The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.” —William Butler Yeats

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The Parent du Jour

December 16, 2011 – 8:46 am

Today I’m featured on The Parent du Jour, as part of their Once Upon a Mom series. You can read my contribution, which includes a delightful story about pulling dry pasta out of Owen’s eyeball, here. And check out the other parents’ stories on the site, too (including my good friend Brian Klems, of The […]

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