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Frayed Nerves ~ a guest post by my 17 year old Amy! YIKES!!!
This is a letter that Amy wrote to her brother, Scott, who is away at Army Boot Camp. When she read it to me, I told her we had to post it. For years, Scott and Amy have been threatening to write a book about living with me as pay back for being the subject…

Moving Forward
“This is the year I get in shape!” I have told myself for the last decade. I like the idea of toning up, slimming down and being able to keep up with my kids, but putting that goal into action is another thing entirely. It isn’t the desire, but the discipline to put on my walking…

Fathers share message
CORE Academy students received a special message Tuesday. Ed Smart and Ahmar Rivazfar, who have both experienced the nightmare of having a child abducted, stopped at the Colfax school to share their message. Wearing jerseys sporting the slogan “Not One More Child,” the two fathers are riding bicycles across the U.S. in an effort to…

One Man’s Trash
This last Saturday , my two girls, Amy and Emma, and I went to the Dutch Flat White Elephant Sale. Every year I manage to find some treasure that I don’t know how I ever lived without. One year I purchased an old wooden trunk for $35.00. Last year I found a set of old…