Author Archives: Julie

IS THIS FOR REAL?

By Julie | Published: May 19, 2013
Ten days ago, this color existed in my dreams but not in my world. Words… cannot… express… xo
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HEARTS

By Julie | Published: May 15, 2013
They pound. They melt. They swell. They burst. They break. They bleed. They keep your breath coming while simultaneously also taking it away. Here’s to hearts. Those blossoming. Those fading. Those coming back to life. xo   __ See my bleeding hearts of yesteryear: 2012 2011 2010   __ Check out my stop-the-bleeding song that’s playing [...]
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OUTGROWING

By Julie | Published: May 12, 2013
Yesterday I came across this remnant of days gone by. A little hanger-on to what once was. And visions flashed through my mind of waking up to discover that the size 4T shirt that fit R-girl last Sunday was now creeping awkwardly up her belly button, or the shorts that were just the right amount of short [...]
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JOIN ME? [FROM THE ARCHIVES]

By Julie | Published: May 6, 2013
Sure. It all sounds like a lovely idea – until you’re right in the middle of it and you realize: This is actually THE HARDEST THING ON EARTH FOR ME. Why am I doing this again? __ Originally posted here. Totally relevant now. Still. Again. Can anyone else relate? Here’s to doing it anyway. xo  
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SOMETHING’S MISSING

By Julie | Published: May 4, 2013
Tonight I came home late to R-house, and guess what I found when I walked in the door. Empty couches. Everywhere I looked. So, ok, sure. This actually happens to me on a fairly regular basis. Every other weekend, in fact, when R-kids are off spending time with their dad. But most every other night [...]
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UNCOOPED

By Julie | Published: April 28, 2013
Just minutes after this happened today: This did: Because right after I got the cushions back on the screen porch, the first spring downpour of the year blew into the neighborhood – complete with thunder. (Minus the snow, thank you God!!) With temps more than double what they were six days ago. I cannot adequately express [...]
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LOCK-OUT

By Julie | Published: April 27, 2013
For the past month or two, I’ve had a growing sense of concern nipping at the back of my mind that I may have lost the key to our screen porch door lock. And by lost I mean put it in a very special place that I could no longer remember, for safekeeping over the winter. And by [...]
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THE SILVER LINING

By Julie | Published: April 23, 2013
When we Minnesotans flung wide our curtains this mid-spring morning, here is the sight that greeted our winter-weary selves: For, perhaps, the umpteen-thousandth time this April Now, if this had been a January morning, or even a March one, I would have had a much easier time soaking in the crisp, shimmering, truly stunning beauty [...]
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LOSING IT

By Julie | Published: April 20, 2013
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OUR DISCLAIMER

By Julie | Published: April 13, 2013
Please be especially nice to us Minnesotans right now. Yes, we might be a little extra crabby lately. Or confused. Disoriented. We might wander off in the middle of a sentence now and then. We might be downright whiny. But that's because here we are...
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