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I WILL RISE!
My sunrise clock shone more brightly than normal. I smelled the rain as it hung, heavy and unwelcoming, in the air. My joints felt swollen, achy and stiff. I sensed a bad day before I even opened my...
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Faithfully Named
So far I’ve focused my blog on the Lupus part of my life, but the Daily Prompt: a helping hand, motivated me to tell my youngest daughter’s favorite tale. A little story called “Faithfully Named, how...
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Faith and Her Babies
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable For most of her young life, my daughter Faith’s constant companion has been her babies. She may rotates them, playing with one for awhile, then switching to...
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Traverse Transitions
Last month I posted about my youngest daughter’s transition from playing with baby dolls to becoming an athlete during a Weekly Photo Challenge “Faith and her Babies”. Her change happened in what...
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An Active Friendship
Daily Prompt: A Friend in Need Photographers, artists, poets: show us FRIENDSHIP. Many times, Jerry and I watch Faith with her friends in pure wonderment. How did two loners like ourselves, produce...
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Youth Triathlon
Daily Prompt: Photographers, artists, poets: show us VICTORY What is a VICTORY? Are you only victorious if you win? Is second place failure or can you still call yourself victorious if you’ve lost the...
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Soft Pastels
The creative process often puts me in the shoes of Goldilocks! Sometimes my ideas are TOO BIG… Other times they are too small… It’s a wonderful feeling when that idea fits JUST RIGHT! While playing...
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The Road to Regionals
Throughout my blog you will find posts about Faith and her change from little girl to athlete. The Daily Prompt: Cheering Section rings loud and true in that area. We are currently SUPPORTING Faith on...
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Sunday Stills, The Next Challenge: Blue
Faith’s Favorite Sweatshirt Faith got to design this sweatshirt while at her 1st big swim meet, which happened to be the day before her birthday. She had a great time picking out just the right design,...
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Birthday Interview
Another one of our birthday traditions is an annual interview. Here are the highlights of my latest one… Faith: age 10, taken at church during our special “early morning tea time.” During interview...
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Swimmer makes Regionals in 4 events!
Today’s Daily Prompt: Current Event and Sunday Stills: Happiness We have cause to celebrate in our house, Faith just qualified for three more events for her 5 state regional swimming competition. That...
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Sunday Stills, The Next Challenge: Letter F
Today was all about “F”aith, as we watched, waited, cheered, and celebrated her proud moments at the YMCA State Championships. Here is our day in “F”s… The championships were held in a pool where...
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On the Road to Regionals… Literally!
I’ve written about my daughter’s quest for a qualifying time for the Regional Swim Meet these past few months. Well, she didn’t qualify in just one event, she qualified in 6 and Regionals are finally...
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Road to Regionals: Finale
One year ago my, then 9-year-old daughter, begged me to put her back in swim lessons. (Several years before she’d out grown the lessons offered in our little town.) She wanted to learn the different...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray
FRAY noun: fray a situation of intense activity, typically one incorporating an element of aggression or competition. Not too many 10 year olds have competed in a triathlon. Not only did my daughter,...
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