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Here Comes the Bride (book give away!)

May 14, 2012 by Amelia

Nearly fifteen years ago on my wedding day, my dad and I stood behind the doors to my childhood church’s sanctuary. Just before the pastor’s wife opened the doors for our grand entrance, Dad raced into the nursery for a tissue. He wiped his eyes, and chuckled as he asked, “Does my hair look ok?” […]

Filed Under: Family, reviews, Story Girl, writing

Birthday Roundup

January 25, 2012 by Amelia

Thank you all for the kind messages on my birthday! Check the bottom of this post to see what you won 🙂 Everyone got something! Here’s a recap of my day in picture form: These were sitting on the kitchen table when I went to bed. It was sooo hard to sleep that night! This […]

Filed Under: Random, Story Girl, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthday, give aways

Birthday Bash!

January 24, 2012 by Amelia

Today’s my birthday, but the presents are for YOU! Leave a comment on the bottom of this post to be entered to win. I have lots to give away! Facebook friends, please leave a comment here on the blog, not on Facebook to be entered! I will draw the winners Wednesday the 25th at 5 […]

Filed Under: Random, Story Girl, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthday, give away

Staying Steady: Housework

January 23, 2012 by Amelia

I never struggled with housework until I had kids. As someone once told me, “It’s not that I mind doing housework. I just mind doing it over, and over, and over, and over….” Housework is one of the most challenging jobs for me because the sense of completion lasts for such a short length of […]

Filed Under: motherhood, Story Girl Tagged With: family, housework, motherhood, parenting

Staying Steady: Run 1,000

January 15, 2012 by Amelia

Last week, I posted at Circle of Friends about how one of my goals for 2012 was to stay more consistently disciplined in all areas of my life, with new daily habits of discipline as opposed to catch-up habits. I have a pattern, as I do when I drive, to hit the gas, then coast, […]

Filed Under: beat the blahs, running, Story Girl, winter Tagged With: discipline, running

Unlikely Motherhood

January 6, 2012 by Amelia

I confess, I was never the girl who dreamed about having babies. I didn’t have names picked out when I was a twelve, nor did I imagine a day I’d have a houseful of kids. I wasn’t around many babies in my childhood, and I didn’t babysit much in adolescence. The rare times I did […]

Filed Under: Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood, Story Girl Tagged With: family, kids, motherhood, parenting

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