Laura
Tweetsie Railroad: A Day in Photos
An adventure back in time to the Wild Wild West at Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, NC.
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Laura
- Sep 18
- 2 min
The Very Best Grocery Shopper
"Mom, you know what?" piped up my first grader from the back of the minivan. He was eating cereal from a cup on the way to school...
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Laura
- Jun 24
- 3 min
The Introvert In Me
“I need just a few minutes,” I tell my kids through clenched teeth, my voice unnaturally strained. I pick up my iPad, clicking play on an...
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Laura
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Slow Start to Summer
Summer is officially here. We celebrated the last day of school on Friday, along with a birthday for my now-six-year-old. Last week was a...
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Laura
- May 21
- 3 min
Searching for Stories
I’m always searching for stories. I love to wander through the antique store or vintage shop and imagine all the lives these objects have...
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Laura
- Apr 29
- 1 min
Force of Love
My children love me with a violent force. Their energizer bunny energy knocks me over, their exuberance bruises. I lean over, they pounce...
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Laura
- Apr 22
- 2 min
Unsolved Mysteries: The Case of the Missing Puzzle Piece
Raleigh, NC: The puzzle was in the three-year-old’s possession for less than 48 hours when the piece went missing. After the initial...
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Laura
- Mar 23
- 1 min
The Antique Store
I walked into an antique store on Friday, spent an hour sorting through the remnants of other people's lives, the pieces someone else...
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Laura
- Mar 13
- 3 min
The World Keeps Turning
The weather was perfect; an early-spring stretch of seventy degree days with blue skies overhead, the puffy cotton ball clouds in the sky...
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Laura
- Feb 18
- 2 min
What I'm Really Saying
Dear children— When I put down my book to tuck you in for the seventh time, I’m really saying: I love you. When you want the last bag of...
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Laura
- Feb 1
- 3 min
The Artist's Way
I made it to page 18 before I decided there was no way the magic this book promised could work for me. I’d heard person after person rave...
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Laura
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Laura, not Lauren.
The year I was born, my name landed at 20 on the girls “Top Baby Names” list. For the decade overall, it came in at 23. It’s no surprise...
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Laura
- Jan 5
- 2 min
2022: The Year of Small
I love choosing a word of the year; it helps me be intentional about a focus for the year and is a simple way to keep myself on track. I...
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Laura
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
I Love: Christmas Edition
I love real Christmas trees–the fresh, piney scent, walking through rows of them, lined up at the Christmas tree farm, waiting to be...
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Laura
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Alone, In the Woods
In honor of Halloween, something a little different on the blog today. Read on for a spooky story... if you dare! A flash of light blinks...
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Laura
- Aug 23, 2021
- 1 min
Summer 2021 in Photos
The bookbags are packed. The first day of school chalkboards are ready. The alarms are set. Tomorrow morning, it's back to school. But...
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Laura
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Sunflowers + Sunrises
I settle into my hot pink desk chair, a mug of hot coffee in my hands, and gaze out the window. Below me, tracing the sidewalk in front...
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Laura
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Pandemic Wind-Down: Game Instructions
Obsessively track vaccine information. Sign up for all “leftover dose” opportunities to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Abandon...
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Laura
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
A Space to Call My Own
We are limping to the end of this crazy school year, where I have done all the things from our kitchen: supervised virtual first grade,...
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Laura
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
Social Distancing: One Year
Most of the last year has faded into an indistinguishable blur—day after day, we do the same things. One virtual school day blends into...
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