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Baseball and Butterflies

July 8, 2021 by Amy, Using Our Words 4 Comments

In 2015, travel baseball was an entirely new concept to me. Big was so excited to be joining a team a couple of his good buddies had played on the summer before, and we were happy to be along for the ride. Even if it did mean spending my birthday at the ballpark this once. […]

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40 Something Going…

June 27, 2021 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

…online. Here goes, I’m returning to this blog—copying the pattern I used for my very first post eleven years ago today—after a two-year hiatus. Thanks for your patience! Or, more realistically, for forgetting that I even used to do this whole thing once and being curious or somewhat pleasantly surprised when you spotted this post […]

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Thank You, Summer

August 27, 2019 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

It’s been just four mornings of unwelcome alarm buzzing, lunch-packing squabbles, and tearful goodbyes (mostly to the dog, if I’m being honest), but it feels like we’re already full swing into this new school year. And each kid is off to a pretty great start, actually. So, summer, instead of sending you off with a […]

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#thisis42

June 28, 2018 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

Eight years ago, I gave myself a birthday gift. I started this blog, the one I’d been dreaming about as the next phase of my writing career. This would be a place to capture meaningful parenthood moments — from the hilariously embarrassing ones to the saccharine-y sweet ones. The past few years though, I’ve spent […]

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Seven With Love

May 24, 2018 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

Dear Pink, It’s been a week since you turned seven, and I’m finally delivering the gift I promised you. Unlike your friend’s mom, I don’t know how to make you cool clothes or jewelry. But words? I can do words. So I told you I would write you a birthday letter. You loved the idea. […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings Tagged With: birthday, birthday girl, birthday letter, celebration, delightful, joy, letter, love, motherhood, seven, usingourwords

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