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the ache for home

May 2, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”-Maya Angelou

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Redefining the Downhill Slope

Apr 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Beyond the Backyard Blues

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Childhood

Apr 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn’t the old home that you missed but your childhood.”-Sam Ewing

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Fountain of Youth

Apr 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“There is a fountain of youth: it is in your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn […]

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This is Love

Apr 30, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally to take a step without […]

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Childhood is Fleeting, Motherhood is Forever

Apr 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

I had no inkling, the first time I learned I was pregnant, of the combination of awe and regret that motherhood would stitch into my soul. But my firstborn, now […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, Life Lessons, On being a parent Tagged With: Love, Motherhood, Raising Children, Regret

The Greatest Lesson

Apr 15, 2013 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

“The greatest lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, one’s neighbors, friends, and family, in one’s backyard.”-Abraham Maslow

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