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Giving Tuesday: Stand with Aaron

Dec 3, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

  From Thanksgiving through the New Year, no matter what traditions you celebrate, it is a time when people come together and give thanks. It is a time when loved […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Aaron Loy, Giving Tuesday, Meningitis, Recovery Fund

We Are All Apprentices

Dec 2, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Inspiration

The Passage of Time

Nov 29, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Tonight as the night began to draw her curtain against the sun I couldn’t help but think how fast the years have slipped past. Sometimes I want to set the […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: High school graduation, NaBloPoMo13, Present moment, Teenagers

Baking and Memory

Nov 28, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

Crouched down I retrieved the binder which is beyond bursting with recipes—some clipped from newspaper, some from magazines, while others were passed on. I knew what I was looking for […]

Filed Under: Grief, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: cooking, Death, Grandma, Grief, sweet rolls, Tradition

Music that Leads to Emotional Lockdown: Twisted Mix-Tape Tuesday

Nov 26, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 20 Comments

  Super thrilled to take on another week of Jen Kehl’s, Twisted Mix Tape. This week the theme is: This Song Could Have Sent Me to Jail. Want to join […]

Filed Under: Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: NaBloPoMo13, twisted mix-tape Tuesday

Nature’s Bounty

Nov 25, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 7 Comments

The Promise of a New Day.                 The way the air smells after the rain.  .               […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Living, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Grateful, NaBloPoMo13, nature

The Sound of Raindrops: Promise of a New Day

Nov 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 10 Comments

  The rain came somewhere in the night. And it’s melodic sound pulled me from bed earlier than usual, my mood considerably lighter than the day before. Yesterday wasn’t so […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: community, helping others, Life, nablopomo, rain

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