Category: Lunch Box Quotes

As the kids have gotten older, things that seemed ‘must do‘ have slipped into ‘if we can get to them‘ categories. This whole Halloween season feels like it is going that direction. Carving pumpkins was one of the highlights of October, and getting

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I have to stop feeding the dog before I go to bed. 2:30 bark, outside, it’s cold…oh baseball highlights, mind starts turning, home improvement projects, guess we are not going back to sleep.  Quotes: 1. “The desire to be seen reveals the fear of being

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18 innings! I don’t think I have ever been so happy for a rainstorm. When it rains, my antenna doesn’t pick up Fox very well, so I didn’t watch the World Series last night. If the Cubs were playing, I would be dead this morning. Instead, I checked the score

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A little over 20 years ago, I was running across the windswept desert to take a seat in a dusty helicopter for what would be the first leg in my journey home for the birth of Number 1. It seems like a lifetime ago, and in truth, in my world, it was actually four lifetimes

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Dealing with disappointment is tough. Number 4 didn’t make the cheerleading team and was appropriately heartbroken. No one wants to see their baby hurt. That was tough. I said all of the dad-type stuff: they are missing out, get ’em next time, use this as

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Yesterday was church night, the wife had drop off duty, and I was on pick up for Number 4 and two of her friends. My ears and hearing are a little wrecked from my time in service, but I have heard stories from some of my friends (similar condition) that when their girls hit

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Sometimes, writing these short personal introductions is super easy; we almost always have something going on. Today, not so much, just the normal everyday grind. Although number 4 did make lunch for 2 and 3 last night. The unexpected happiness that created for 3 was really

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We are making breakfast casseroles for the church this morning: two hashbrown, two berry French toast, and two sausage, bacon, and egg gluten-free ones. We did not make extra for ourselves. I have made a hot breakfast for kids the last couple days, so that is kinda nice.

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It takes a village…another busy weekend in the books and it’s on to Monday. Number 2 had a 1-day lacrosse tournament, they won all 3 games and he played very well. The oldest worked 3 shifts in 2 days, and was studying in the library when we called. For 

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It’s Friday. The kids are ready for a weekend that, for some, has a little less running. For us, not so much, travel lacrosse man. In other news, I got the scratch pen for chickens rebuilt after a tree fell on the old one, and the new chickens have been integrated with

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