Video offers beautiful subtleties that pictures just can’t: my mom’s affectionate mannerisms, my nephews’ voices, the twinkle in my niece’s eye when I tell her how gorgeous she is, and the slow progression of my husband’s mischievous smile when he’s said something he knows I’d deem inappropriate.
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carrying my fuchsia camping chair into Bantam football games and unfolding it for me, only to pack it back up afterward... This is love
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you are the glitter to my craft bin
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It was never about romance.
Read MoreBest December Ever
Little boys, who believe with their whole hearts, bouncing around in cotton pajamas. Shimmering lights on sturdy trees. Packages cinched exquisitely with glossy, gold ribbon.
Read MoreBe the One Who Softens First
When you go to sleep in a room clouded by a heavy smog of resentment, sometimes you wake up and the space has cleared. Other times, you flutter your eyelids and think, "Am I still angry? Why yes, yes I am."
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1,051,200 minutes of passion, celebration, adventure, tears, tenderness, buffoonery, exasperation, growing pains, laughter, and love.
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Sometimes those three words are hidden in everyday conversation. We're loved. We just have to listen carefully.
Read MoreBattle of the Inner Voices
This is hopeless. I don't have time for this. This never-ending back problem is wrecking my dreams.
There is plenty of time for me to get to where I want to be. My body is a living, breathing miracle.
Read MoreWhat I Won't Ask If You Tell Me You're Engaged
I beam when a freshly engaged friend flashes her shiny, new ring- a promise of forever from her real-life Romeo. The only part of this “I’m Engaged!” scenario that makes me cringe is when someone, usually a giddy, well-meaning girlfriend, fires that classic response at the bride-to-be faster than it took Kim Kardashian to say, “Nevermind, I Don’t.”
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Little boys, who believe with their whole hearts, bouncing around in cotton pajamas. Shimmering lights on sturdy trees. Packages cinched exquisitely with glossy, gold ribbon.