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Still developing my photo skills

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Since picking up photography as a hobby last year and even deciding recently to go into it professionally, I still work almost every day at honing my skills. It’s really wild at the age of 36 of have stumbled across something I’m this passionate about. It begs the question, what else is in store? Anyway, I took some pictures a…
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He uttered the dreaded words today

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No, not shit, or damn, or hell. Those words I can take. No, today Ryan said, “I want to go to school, Momma.” Of course, my first instinct is to cry because I must be doing something wrong for him to want to leave me and go to that place but then, a couple of thoughts crossed my mind. First,…
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Our Science Experiment Yesterday

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For his birthday, Iain got a science kit from my MIL. It was a safe choice because the kids likes making “potions” and such so I promised him that we’d do something from it yesterday morning. After looking through the book that came with the kit, Iain selected an experiment that involved burning a candle on both ends. We tried…
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Trying something new

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I’ve been experiencing some health issues for a while now. Over the past few years, I’ve attributed them to different things but some recent reading has lead me down a different path. As a result, I’m experimenting with something new, gluten-free/wheat-free foods. I am going to spare you the details of my symptoms but it really does seem like an…
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June 20th-21st

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Friday was Iain’s 9th birthday and with all the familial turmoil that has gone on in the last few months, my sister and I wanted to do something really cool for him that day. So we got up REALLY early and drove for three hours to the beach. In no way was this an environmentally friendly thing to do but…
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