Tag: mom
Posted on February 2, 2021
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I picked Maggie up from school, and she hopped in the car with the same vigor she’d expressed every other day that week. She immediately asked me for a snack and settled into her seat, humming a tune. I had no reason to suspect… Continue Reading “Bullies & BFFs”
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Category: gratitudeTags: best friend, bullies, children, class, friendship, God, gratitude, growing up, mom, parenting, prayer, school
Posted on September 11, 2018
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Today’s guest contributor is one of my English Composition I students, Ryan Clack. He’s graciously given me permission to share his first essay of the fall semester with all of you. I was inspired and touched by his essay; I’m sure you will be,… Continue Reading “Gratitude through adversity”
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Category: gratitudeTags: adversity, baseball, beautiful, cancer, character, depression, English Composition, essay, experience, family, gratitude, growing up, hospice, inspiration, life lessons, Lyon College, maturity, mom, parents, Ryan Clack, strength
Posted on March 29, 2018
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My daughter earned her first $1 bill today. Is that legal? Surely not. Well, it happened, nonetheless. We enjoyed lunch after church at a local diner. Our waitress, a young, cheerful woman who told me she had a five year-old son, went out of her… Continue Reading “Maggie’s first job”
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Category: gratitudeTags: church, daughter, diner, for fun and for free, grateful, gratitude, job, joy, mom, overwhelmed, parenting, perfectionism, school, service, thankful, waitress, work
Posted on February 22, 2018
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Last night, my friend Janet and I shared our dreams with one another. I’m not talking about lofty dreams about life goals. No. I’m talking about couches. Yes. Couches. #MomGoals “I just want a deep, rich blue couch. I love blue. Royal blue, you… Continue Reading “Sitting comfortably: Gratitude and couches”
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Posted on May 9, 2015
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Lizard, Thank you for breaking me in back when I turned 22. There was nothing Taylor Swift about it. Your dad and I tied the knot three weeks after I graduated from college and three weeks after my birthday, and I frantically searched for… Continue Reading “Teaching me to mother”
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, Barbie, better not bitter, choices, composition, divorce, Edna Mode, English, graduating with honors, graduation, higher education, honesty, Ken, lies, marriage, mom, mother, Mother's Day, motherhood, non-traditional students, oral communication, parenting, perseverance, playing house, promises, raising kids, speeches, stepmom, students, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift 22, teacher, teacher appreciation week, teaching, teaching college, The Incredibles, tie the knot, tying the knot, willingness, writing
Posted on April 26, 2015
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Today’s post is the first in what I hope to be a series of post by friends and guest contibutors on the topic of Mother’s Day and all things related. Big thanks to my guest writer today, blogger and former Arkansan Kambri Davidson, who… Continue Reading “Being a mom: it’s hard, y’all”
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Category: gratitudeTags: addiction, alcoholism, anger, blogging, children, church, decision making, domestic violence, drug, forgiveness, God, grateful, gratitude, Jesus, Kambri Davidson, Katchup with Kambri, love, mama, marriage, mom, mother, Mother's Day, motherhood, obstacles, overdosing, parenting, prayer, resentment, sister, thankful, writing
Posted on February 4, 2015
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Today’s post is written by Dr. Teresa Burns Murphy, one of my writing mentors and former professors. Every time Dr. Murphy contributes to this blog and sends me a post, I cannot wait to read it. I know I’ll enjoy the story–and I know… Continue Reading “Liz, Mom, and the Witch”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Arkansas, candy, childhood, children, daughters, Dr. Teresa Burns Murphy, essay, family, February, grateful, growing up, Liz, love, love story, memories, mom, motherhood, parenting, sisters, stories, Teresa Burns Murphy, thankful, Valentine's Day, witch
Posted on December 19, 2014
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Today’s post is an essay written by one of my English Composition I students, Jessica Bacon. Jessica was a true blessing in my life this semester; she’s an ideal student, a loving mom, and a caring person. She is certainly a true elevator person… Continue Reading “Gifts”
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Category: gratitudeTags: algebra, Arkansas, Bath & Body Works, Charles Dudley Warner, Christmas, Christmas gifts, coffee, college, date night, elevator person, English Composition, Evening Shade, family, food, gift list, gifts, grandparents, grateful, gratitude, knowledge, love, mom, parenting, presents, Puerto Rican rice, reflection, semester, smell, Sons of Anarchy, students, success, teaching, thankful, time, Washington, writing
I must be brief this morning. My toddler is still quietly sleeping in her crib, curled up in a little pink ball. Last night, she resisted her normal 7:30 p.m. bedtime and wanted to watch an extra episode of Curious George, her current favorite… Continue Reading “Chasing rabbits”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Bible, Christ, Christianity, coffee, crib, curious george, devotional, discipline, God, heart, insights, Jeremiah 31, kuerig, meditation, mom, morning, parenting, pilgrimage, prayer, Psalm 84, quiet time, rabbit trails, reading, RPM, salvation, Scripture, spiritual discipline, spirituality, tearjerker, time with God, to come home, toddler, verses
Posted on July 21, 2014
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As I gear up to go back to work full-time this fall, transitioning from an adjunct instructor to a full-time English instructor, I find myself fluctuating between excitement and eager anticipation and anxiety and grief as I let go of this period of my… Continue Reading “For her curls”
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, back to work, be where your hands are, career, decisions, English, full-time, God, God's will, grad school, gratitude, job, let go and let God, letting go, making big decisions, meditation, mom, motherhood, peace, prayer, SAH mom, spirituality, stay-at-home mom, teaching, thankful, wasting time, working full-time
