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Graduation Hoopla – The Last
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Graduation Hoopla – The Last

ByShawni May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

A week ago from yesterday Lucy sat on the same football field where all my kids have graduated, adorned with her own cap and gown. The pink mountains in the…

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Thank you to the Village: Why Community Matters in Parenting
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Thank you to the Village: Why Community Matters in Parenting

ByShawni May 29, 2025May 30, 2025

Leading up to Lucy’s graduation, I was carrying a heavy load of emotions. I knew that having a daughter with special needs graduate from high school would be emotional for…

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A “Not-Hot-Seat” Celebration for Lucy’s Graduation
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A “Not-Hot-Seat” Celebration for Lucy’s Graduation

ByShawni May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

I mentioned yesterday with all the graduation prep hoopla that we had to kind of cajole Lucy into a graduation party. She was not about to sit in the “hot…

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The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate
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The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate

ByShawni May 19, 2025

Lucy is graduating this week. And life has been filled to the brim with festivities as well as mountains of homework and sleepless nights. Some days are joyous anticipating this…

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Lucy’s Very Last MCO Concert – The Beginning of the “Lasts”
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Lucy’s Very Last MCO Concert – The Beginning of the “Lasts”

ByShawni May 5, 2025May 8, 2025

Recently I saw this quote on Instagram that said “In motherhood we are raising the one thing we can’t live without to be able to live without us.” And it…

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Cousins Make High School Dances Even Better
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Cousins Make High School Dances Even Better

ByShawni February 24, 2025March 7, 2025

Lucy went to another high school dance. And this time around I realized that cousins make high school dances even better. But before we get to all that jazz, let’s…

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A Brand New Entrepreneur
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A Brand New Entrepreneur

ByShawni January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

Welp, we have a brand new entrepreneur in our house. For years Lucy has pined away to have a job. Her own job where she can make her own money….

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Lucy went to Winter Formal
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Lucy went to Winter Formal

ByShawni January 6, 2025January 6, 2025

Here we go, back to the grindstone after the holidays because school starts today, dang it! So much has happened over the last two weeks but let’s go back in…

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How to “Hear the Angels’ Voices” at Christmastime…
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How to “Hear the Angels’ Voices” at Christmastime…

ByShawni December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

…Go to an MCO Concert. Or, if you want to be more formal, a Millennial Choirs and Orchestras concert. Yow. This girl has put in some serious work this month,…

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