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A Text Message, The Voice, and James

Nov 5, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

Last night while fretting obsessing over a formatting issue on a blog post I was trying to publish for my website, I received a text message from Jimmy. He was […]

Filed Under: Marriage, Music, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: James Wolpert, Music, Technology, The Voice

Family Portrait

Nov 4, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

Yesterday, while we had the entire Backyard Playgroup together again, we had our family portrait taken. The daylight hours, having been pushed back to standard, bent long rays of gold […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: childhood, Love, Motherhood

Folded, Hanging and Boxed: My Closet Life

Oct 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Whenever I purge my closet, I always imagine the results will be long-lasting. I know I’m deluding myself, but I consider indulging in the fantasy pretty cheap entertainment. There are […]

Filed Under: Grief, Life Lessons Tagged With: Closet Cleaning, Grief

The Crashed Computer, an unexpected reminder

Oct 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

By and large we are not technically savvy people, so I was skeptical when Jimmy announced we were going to retrieve lost information from off of the hard drives of […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: computer crash, hard drive recovery, Parenting, pictures

My Parent’s Letters

Oct 8, 2013 By elinwaldal 12 Comments

“It was simple prophecy.” My mother used to say when describing both her vision and the prediction that she would marry my father the first time she laid eyes on […]

Filed Under: Grief, Marriage Tagged With: Grief, Love letters, Parents, The 1950's

The Gift: A short story in parenting

Oct 2, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 9 Comments

When my son Max was four he went to pre-school at a small private school in Boulder, Colorado, the school was nestled in the outskirts of town with a playground […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Kindness, Parenting, Patience

No More Excuses

Sep 25, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

NO MORE is a new unifying symbol designed to galvanize greater awareness and action to end domestic violence and sexual assault.  Supported by major organizations working to address these urgent […]

Filed Under: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Awareness, On being a parent Tagged With: Domestic Violence Awareness, Elin Stebbins Waldal, NO MORE ORG, Sexual Assault Prevention

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