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Friday Photo: Grown Don’t Mean A Thing

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Friday Photo: Grown Don’t Mean A Thing

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, but grown? What’s that supposed to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing.” ~ from Beloved by Toni Morrison Life changes when one of your children moves out of the house. Yes, the obvious things sting at first: […]

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Friday Photo: This Place

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This place is Magical, Sparkly Majestic Tranquilizing This place welcomes them Home Year after year For decades Sometimes with arms that change Sometimes that grasp too tightly Unsure when to let go There to heal This place Scented with pine, cinnamon Melting Wax A balm redolent of family And the essence of hard work This […]

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Friday Photo-Things I Would Not Have Seen

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He left in the dark this morning. I woke to dark, torrential rain, not sure what time it was. The rain thundered on the roof, and I pulled the covers up. A winter Saturday, and for the first time in 12 years I was not in Tahoe for opening day of the ski racing season. […]

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Friday Photo: Surprise Endings

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“Some doors close gently, others slam shut, shaking the house to its foundation. Some stories unfold predictably and others careen toward surprise endings. But as I think of the women I know, I realize that we are all confronting endings in our lives. We are all on journeys of one kind or another, trying to […]

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Friday Photo: It’s Just Like Life

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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It was the juxtaposition here that caught my eye; the hovering between the change of seasons, between permanence and the fleetingness of the moment. I ride by these trees every day, hurrying to school, never stopping to look up or notice. It wasn’t until this month, when the light changed and the air cooled that […]