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'Tis the Season for Giving - and Saving!
As I mentioned in my last post, things are a little tight within the old Miller pocketbook these days. (Pocketbook. What a weird, archaic word, eh? Goes hand in hand with "purse strings", I "reckon.")...
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26
Yesterday an unimaginable tragedy occurred miles and miles from where I live, but never before had an act of senseless violence struck so close to home. I learned about Newtown, Connecticut and the 26...
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Just stopping by
I have been neglecting my blogly duties as of late, I know. I intended to post Christmas pics, have a half-written New Year's post, and yet none of them have found their way to blog land. So my humble...
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Dear Amelia - 18 months
Dear Amelia, In a few days you will offically be 18 months old. One and a half. I like "18 months" better because it sounds like you are still my baby and not on your way to being a big girl. Yesterday...
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Breathe in, breathe out
Breathing. You know, it's pretty important. But it's been hard to catch a break or a breath for the past couple of months around our house. Sleep. Also important. Also MIA in our house for about the...
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The Unexpected
I've read a lot of those blog posts in recent months - the ones that appear in my Facebook feed, telling me it's ok to be an imperfect mom. And I appreciate that in an age of pressure from Pinterest...
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Long time no post, bloggy friends. I apologize. I wasn't on the computer at all this summer, and Blogger has decided it hates me. There were no blogs showing in my reader feed until now, so I'm sorry I...
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2 Year Letter to Amelia
Dear Amelia, All of those parents who told me, "Time flies," who I didn't believe when we were in the thick of the tough stuff in your first year, the days that seemed never ending... oh sweet girl....
View ArticleQ&A with yours truly
I'm stealing these questions from a blog by a wonderful mama I know in real life. Because I have yet to link my "online world" and my "real life world," I'm not going to provide the direct link to her...
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That's My Girl! (kind of)
*Disclaimer: I am totally, 100% stealing this idea from Lacey over at Life of Lacey.* 99% of people who look at A or her pictures say (with good reason), "She looks just like her daddy!" The handful...
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Blog of Shame
Um...have I really not posted since November? Oops. I'm coming back, I swear. Life has been crazy with work, a lack of being on any sort of real schedule due to snow (we are currently at 8 missed days...
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Letter to Amelia - 2 1/2 Years
Dear Amelia, I feel like I say this every time I write one of these letters, but I can't believe how much you have grown. You're on your way to 3, and that is so hard to believe. You're still my baby!...
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On the night you were born...
Dear Amelia, Yes, I know I just wrote you a letter a few days ago. But this week the hospital where you were born is being demolished. You were born in August, just months before our new hospital...
View ArticleWhy I Hate *That* Question
I got one of those comments on a Facebook post last week, on a random Timehop picture I'd shared of Amelia: "So when is she getting a little brother or sister?" Let me go on record and say I HATE THIS...
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Happy 3rd Birthday to You!
Dear Amelia, Happy third birthday, sweet pea! You just keep growing and growing, smarter and more fun and more beautiful with each day and month. There's a quote I've been seeing that sums up your...
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Dear Amelia - 3.5 Years
Dear Amelia, This past weekend we celebrated your cousin's fourth birthday. That means in less than six months YOU are going to be four. I'm having trouble believing that can be true. Four isn't a...
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FOUR
(Posted about a month belatedly. I'm sorry!) Dear Amelia, I didn't expect to be so emotional about your fourth birthday, but I've spent a week fighting back tears as I put together a slideshow of...
View ArticleOctober
In late August/early September I started having dreams that I was pregnant. I haven't been on birth control for several years, and while I always knew it was a possibility, I didn't really THINK it was...
View ArticleThe Aftermath
It will be a week tomorrow since we got the news. I seem to have passed from the anger stage to the sadness stage. I told Chad I think I want to try again once we get the go ahead from the doctor, and...
View ArticleMoving Forward
The week after I wrote that last post was a tough one. I was dealing with a lot of anxiety - the "I'm just sitting here working and I can't breathe and it lasts all day" kind. I started using some...
View ArticleDéja Vu
I got a positive pregnancy test the day after Christmas. I was nervous, cautiously excited, you name it. When I went through my miscarriage in October, I read something about pregnancy after a...
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Where do we go from here?
Two losses in four months. I'm not even sure I have processed that with a couple of additional months behind me. I went to counseling a few times to try to sort out my emotions and decide whether we...
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Last week marked three days filled with mixed emotions. Mother's Day on May 8th. Two days later, the due date of the little one I lost in October. And on Friday the 13th I turned 35. And I am...
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Amelia - Five
Dear Amelia, It's hard to believe you are five. A whole hand. Because of your late August birthday, you won't go to kindergarten until next year. I am sure you could be ready this year - you write your...
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Logan - 6 months
Dear Logan, My sweet baby boy - I am sorry I haven't written any letters to you before now. The fact is, Mama was scared I wouldn't really ever get to hold you in my arms after we had two losses before...
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