It’s like a switch that flips about ten days before the end of a month. Two and a half weeks of every month, I fall asleep quickly, sleep all night, and only wake up if a child needs me or if I’m sick. But then something flips my sleep switch off and suddenly I’m restless.…

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*beep-beep beeeeep, beep-beep beeeeep* I startle awake, feel around frantic for the one spot on the top of my alarm clock that stops the beeping for 24 hours. Gaaaaa! Where IS it? The button is impossible to find without sitting up and looking for it. Design flaw I grumble as I sit on the side…

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We’re preparing for one of those weeks you hope comes around once every 6 months or less. We have a series of fun events all scheduled within the same 7 day period. And setting up this exceptionally busy week? Daylight Savings Time, or as I like to refer to it, messing around with people’s sleep…

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It has been 11 years since I’ve felt safe around open flame. Now that our youngest is finally old enough to grasp the concept of danger and pain, cause and effect, I finally feel safe lighting a candle on occasion. This Christmas, I burned some authentic evergreen candles on the fireplace mantle or in the…

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Her voice lilted through house on a quiet rainy afternoon. I love to hear her sing, especially when she cranks up her kids’ praise-and-worship CDs and belts out the songs from her bedroom. Today she sang a new song.  But as I began to pick out the words to her tune, my smile faded. “I…

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