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Colton & Nana
Our lifestyle is created and centered on the joy that comes from living life with this boy! We strive for all the family time we can grab and are intentional about making family memories. We hope you enjoy our journey!
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Life at 60 ……..
Yesterday I hit a milestone birthday – SIXTY! It does cause one to pause for a moment, right? But why? Is it because we take a breath to realize that we are getting older? Maybe because we see ourselves differently, somehow, as we age? Is it because we have been taught by generation after generation
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Nana’s 2020 Reflection in Pictures
I’ve thought a lot about how to best reflect the year 2020. I know that many people have suffered, and our family doesn’t take that lightly. We have been fortunate and (thus far) have managed to avoid sickness. Like most families, we experienced general “fallout” from the pandemic: staying home, ordering online, virtual school, one
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Mind Your P’s and Q’s
How many times have you heard that saying in your life? Do you know what it means? I’ve always been told that it was about pints and quarts, barmaids and fairly drunken patrons. Maybe it’s true, maybe not. Regardless, I’ve continued to use the saying! Last night as Colton was going to sleep he was
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Happy Birthday Mom
Today is your first birthday in heaven. I wonder what you’re doing there for your birthday. Did you sleep late? Do you sleep in heaven? You don’t really like sweets but I hope that you got something to eat that you love. I missed looking through birthday cards at the store for you. You know,
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When We Fall Apart
I’m not falling apart….at least not today. We Phillips girls are kind of known for our ability to be stoic. I think that’s a fair assessment of my sisters and me. I “pride” myself in not dissolving into tears during the hard parts of life. I’m tough. I’m that girl. You know, the one who
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Removing the Stigma
Stigma is defined as a “mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.” Most of you know that I am a paralegal, turned homeless shelter director / volunteer manager, turned paralegal (round two). Those two vastly different, and yet very similar careers, allowed me to witness the stigma associated with these very
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Two Years and Counting
It’s been two years since you left us here on earth. It’s been two years since my phone rang on that Sunday morning and I heard the words that you had moved on – just after sunrise. I knew that you would never leave us while it was dark outside. You hated the dark, hence
Nana Reflections 