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the long winter

21 February 2014by Rachel 7 Comments

Maryland has had one of the coldest snowiest winters in years, or so the locals say; and this Carolina girl is not used to temperatures in the single digits or […]

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when grief and joy go hand in hand

25 September 2013by Rachel 2 Comments

My mom delivered seven children naturally. I witnessed four of those births. My siblings were born either at home or in a birth center.  The atmosphere was calm, peaceful, sacred […]

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joy in the aching

9 April 2013by Rachel 4 Comments

We are officially in the doldrums of this deployment. R&R has come and gone, and we aren’t quite to the halfway point between R&R and my love’s homecoming.  Morale ebbs […]

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Introducing L. the Brave

12 February 2013by Rachel 2 Comments

L. the Brave, aka Crumb, made his appearance at 8:27pm on December 29, 2012, at exactly 41 weeks.  I’m pretty sure he would have been content to stay in there […]

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God with us

9 December 2012by Rachel 1 Comment

38 weeks and 1 day. Crumb can come any day now and be full term. He’s just as ready to live in the world as he will be two weeks […]

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baby kicks and sweet moments

31 July 2012by Rachel 5 Comments

Most of our friends and family were not at all surprised when we announced, three months into marriage, that we were expecting a baby.  In fact, the phrase we started […]

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love and a baby

23 May 2012by Rachel 10 Comments

One year ago, a man and a woman took a walk under the Southern Cross and a bright Ugandan moon. After months of wanting to share hearts and feelings, but […]

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Punjammies and block printing

29 February 2012by Rachel 3 Comments

My love, good man that he is, still reads my blog, even though he gets to hear the waterfall of 30,000 words that comes out of my mouth every night […]

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a honeymoon

19 January 2012by Rachel Leave a comment

In the weeks leading up to the wedding and at the wedding, I was asked hundreds of times, “where are you going on your honeymoon?” To which I answered: “I […]

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a wedding

11 January 2012by Rachel 5 Comments

Some girls plan their wedding day as a child. That wasn’t me. I spent more time playing house and acting out what it was to be a wife and a […]

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