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Seventeen
“Seventeen” is a mid-70s love song by Janis Ian– horrible in the way all mid-70s love songs are — but with a message and a universality that has earned it a permanent home on my “Sappy Love Songs” playlist. Because … Continue reading
Posted in My Kids
Tagged 70s love songs, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, Blanton's Bourbon, Blue's Clues, Desitin, Fire and Rain, firstborn birthday, Friday night football, growing up, James Taylor, Janis Ian, Johnson's Baby Lotion, Notre Dame, Richard Scarry, Seventeen, Something in the Way She Moves, son turning seventeen, Speedo, video games, Where the Red Fern Grows
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When We Were Young
We lived at Chris’s family farm, the three of us. Sam was the 6th generation Willis to inhabit the 100-year-old farmhouse. We tore out old ceilings, built bigger closets, painted every surface that could be prepped and sanded. We sang … Continue reading
Posted in Big Thinks, My Kids
Tagged college, dynamic shift, firstborn, Florence + The Machine, James Taylor, limitless possibilities, new opportunities, raising kids, reflections on motherhood, Snap Circuits, Something in the Way She Moves, The Rainbow Connection, They Might Be Giants
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