I want to call myself the family Historian, but my brother Pete ACTUALLY knows the details about how our Grandfather’s family back in Germany came be known as Brunstetters (Brown town; people who fled from …
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Mom, Dad
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Pecan
Morrison and I were married underneath a Pecan tree, and after we bought our house, we realized that the tree out front was in fact Pecan. Factor in that we both love Pecan pie, and …
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The Anniversary Game ™
Five years felt like a Thing, so Morrison and I headed to a Malibu hotel SANS JOE for a night. It just so happens that the hotel is also a wedding venue, and there were …
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Wood
FIVE YEARS MARRIED TODAY! Five years is wood, so I’m taking a moment to reflect on…Wood…. (and also the incredible partner I have for this life, and how smart I was to wed him.) Wood …
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Him 40
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Butterflies
Joe has this one book where he likes to flip through and point out all the butterflies, BAH!, then flip to the front and do it all over again, which is one of the many …
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Boo Bear
This is Boo Bear. He belonged to Morrison when he was a kid, and now, he belonged to Joe. Coincidentally (OR NOT?) my parents’ nickname for me when I was a kid was ALSO Boo …
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Birthdays are for Mothers
Joe is going to be ONE YEAR OLD TOMORROW, and then two, and then three, and then seventeen, and then thirty-four, and then forty-seven, and Oh My God, Come back. I’m filled with reflection: what …
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do you guys want more
One of the many things I learned from our years of trying to have Joe is to never ask anyone if they’re thinking of having kids, or thinking of having more kids, and to instead …
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Alone
Today, on the Many reasons why I love my Husband, I got home the other night to find Morrison watching TV, Alone. I joined him. Me: what’s this? Morrison: It’s this show where people have …