Dear Graco, I am writing to you to express my love for my Travel System. The one-handed closing feature is genius — it must have been designed by a woman covered in spit-up & sweet potatoes with a baby on her hip. On a recent airplane flight, our stroller became an essential part of our survival [...]
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“If I’m wrong & it’s NOT a girl, I will personally come and repaint her bedroom.” — Ultrasound Tech A Girl! Being a football family, it never crossed my mind that we might have a girl baby. I was prepared for a little boy who would want to wear football cleats to church and whose [...]
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Spring Football season is over, but one last recruiting weekend snuck itself into my life. When will it all end?! That honey-do list has gotten very long… On Sunday, we finally got some housework accomplished. Coach mowed the lawn (his area of expertise) while I scrubbed and polished the inside of the house. Normally, weeding [...]
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10 – The precise time on the clock when Babycakes began her sleeplessness. 9 – (am today) The time of Coach’s extremely important, end-of-the-year budget meeting. 8 - Number of times we retrieved the BINKY for a fussy baby. 7 – (Pounds) Movie that Coach & I watched last night before the madness. 6 – Ounces of [...]
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Recently, Coach brought an article home to me about the overall health of football coaches. Ladies, it is not looking good for the coaching profession! Health of Coaches Increasing Concern by Len Pasquarelli for ESPN.com Here is an excerpt: “When you think of professions generally related to high stress, I typically find them to be [...]
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As a child, I can remember thinking that my family didn’t have any traditions. I thought we were so dull & so ordinary. Five hundred miles away from the place I now call home, my family gathered for an Easter feast. Throughout the house, you could smell ham & my grandmother’s potatoes, but better yet [...]
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Three year-olds are the most honest people on Earth. If you ask them a question, expect the truth, & be prepared for their answer. Whatever you do, DON’T ask them if something makes you look fat… “Well, maybe just a wittle bit.” When Little E came to visit me, she decided that she’d like to [...]
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It’s official — Spring has finally arrived. Windows have been flung open wide and the smell of fresh cut grass permeates the air. My lillies are growing, our Dogwood is budding, and the Azaleas are already showing their pink. A mother Wren has built a nest on our porch and her sweet song fills our home. Ah, but the true [...]
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Last winter, while attending a sports banquet on campus, I was introduced to the wife of a legendary coach from our school. Now in her late sixties or seventies, she talked to me about her life as a coach’s wife. Then the topic of moving came up and she asked, “How many schools has this [...]
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