cultivating me

me being me and making my way through life one day, one book, and one recipe at a time

Happy Birthday Little Monkey

I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to call you that before you start to complain that you aren’t so little anymore?  You’re not you know – you are not so little any more Enrique -  you are getting so big.  I find it hard to believe that you are nine years old today.  [...]

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Sat, September 27 2008 » from the heart, kids, parenting » No Comments

first day ‘08

I finally got around to downloading photos form my camera today and found some really great shots – many of which I had intended to include in a post.  However, we all know that good intentions are nice but don’t really amount to anything and the proof of that is the lack of writing that [...]

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Thu, September 18 2008 » from the heart, parenting, shool days » 1 Comment

daddy’s girl

That’s me! and I have come to terms with the fact that no matter how old i get, I will always be his little girl.

Happy Father’s day dad! I am so lucky to have had you as my father growing up. I know that we didn’t always agree – especially in my [...]

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Sun, June 15 2008 » from the heart » 1 Comment

week one

Just a week ago I married this man and I have come to the decision the I like being married. But, it’s not just about being married, it is about being married to Jerry. I really like being his wife. I love being able to introduce him as my husband – there is [...]

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Sun, June 8 2008 » from the heart, love » 1 Comment

she’s left me speechless

all i can say is she’s my daughter and i think she is amazing!
This is a from my daughter’s blog. My daughter – she’s 14 – but apparently much much wiser than her years at times.  After I read this and after I was able to get some of the tears under control, I [...]

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Mon, May 5 2008 » from the heart, kids, love, parenting » 3 Comments