Category Archives: Remembering

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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FAREWELL, DEAR ABBY

By Julie | Published: January 21, 2013
Last Friday, not far from where I live, Dear Abby breathed her last, leaving this earthly home for another. But her legacy, as they say, lives on. And, at R-house, it lives on here: On a simple pink couch that, we are told, once belonged to the advice queen herself – and now belongs to [...]
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OH BABY

By Julie | Published: October 28, 2012
Wait. Wasn't it just yesterday that my baby girl was weeks away from entering this world? How is it possible that I am looking at colleges with her these days instead of Peter Rabbit books????
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SO SWEET

By Julie | Published: June 13, 2012
Way, way back when when I was a few feet shorter and a few years younger with buck teeth, pigtails and one teacher all day long, I had a friend who would choose a seat next to me every day in the big, noisy lunchroom and every day after I ate my peanut butter or [...]
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REMEMBER ME?

By Julie | Published: January 15, 2012
This past week, two of the hardest things I’ve ever lived through barged right through the door, basically stood nose to nose with me and said: HEY. REMEMBER ME? I did. “Yes,” I said. “But you may not remember me. Because I am not that same girl, so sad and alone, and crushed by the weight [...]
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SLIDE SHOW

By Julie | Published: November 25, 2011
Last night after the food had been thoroughly enjoyed (twice) and before we headed back through the woods and over the river, Ma pulled out the slide projector and we went for a stroll down memory lane. With some sweet Christmas landmarks along the way… One of my first holidays, in New Jersey. I love [...]
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POTUS IN MY CLOSET

By Julie | Published: October 23, 2011
This weekend I did the kind of cleaning that left me with more of mess than when I started. Yes, I can finally walk to the back of our 15′ x 3′ walk-in storage closet without wading through a knee-deep pile of mess. Yes, my bedroom closet is now outfitted with season-appropriate clothes and the [...]
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TIME WARP

By Julie | Published: October 2, 2011
Perhaps I should have bought this breath spray when I saw it in Portland. Maybe it actually works? On days like today – a day sandwiched between yet another high school reunion (last night) and yet another birthday (tomorrow) – it would *seriously* be helpful. I mean, the fact is. I’m not any older than [...]
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HERE AND NOW

By Julie | Published: July 27, 2011
Last night R-boy and I went for a bike ride to the drug store and the movie store. Literally to pick up drugs and movies. I carried it all home in my purse. Anyway. On the way home, we rode past the corner where I spent 190ish crack-of-dawns last school year, huddled in the car [...]
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