Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

I Tried Making Cookies
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I Tried Making Cookies

See that boy? That smile on his face while frosting cookies?  It’s priceless! 

They look like gingerbread or chocolate cookies right?  No… those are sugar cookies.  Why are they black you might ask?  Well… that was my attempt at being domestic again.  Yes, after all this time, I’m still not really sure how my family has stayed fed.  We have somehow. 

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Beautiful Alternate Reality
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Beautiful Alternate Reality

There’s a mother I know, she’s not what the world would consider beautiful on the outside. She’s pale, overweight, stressed, she struggles in her marriage and you can see hurt in her eyes when she looks up and tries to smile.  She believes in God, but feels like she’s not good enough for God’s standard, so her light dims. I can see the heavens shed a tear in the moment that the beauty of her life is missed.

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