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Let the Sun Shine In
I spent yesterday, sitting by the ocean’s edge, reading, thinking, and making notes.I thought about the questions Gary Chapman asks at the end of The 5 Love Languages chapters.“There would be fewer divorces if only people _______________” would work harder to...
The Sandy and Soft Sides of Depression
What do you see? This morning I am in Ocean City, NJ where, right now, there is a warm breeze blowing across the screened porch where I sit. I’m feeling much better, having washed away the sweat and grime and exhaustion of a night filled with an oppressively hot and...
Family, Food, Founding Fathers, and a Housekeeper
Washington's Quarters, Valley Forge Winter Encampment If you’ve been around these here parts very long, you know how…well…disheveledmy office is. I am six months behind on my paperwork, and neither my floors nor my furniture have been tended to in weeks. On our last...
Training Tips for Pets…and People
We are on the road, again. Late night laundry and packing and phone calls and lists had us all up late. Having seen the other side of midnight every night for nearly a week, I finally apologized to my family for ditching them and collapsed into my bed at two. The...
What’s an Annah-ism
What's an Annah-ism, you ask? I am notorious for mixing metaphors, continents, and timeframes. You know how it is when traveling to a foreign land, no matter how hard you try to understand the cultural idiosyncrasies and allegories, they just don't make sense? Well,...
Something Old, Something New, Something…Shiny
Where to BEGIN?! I guess with this. Warren and I had a week without any fights, without any SUPER H…E…A…V…Y… conversations, a week without Tension. I think we’re going to be alright, I first realized and then said to him, as we chuckled over some random inside joke....