Month: December 2020

My youngest daughter has now reached double digits in age. But her coming was a surprise to us. We already had four children, and they were finally all in grade school. When this new baby came, I would be almost 42. And my husband is 11 years older than I. We could so easily be …

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Our family has spent a week at the beach every year since I was an elementary-school kid. Squeaky, white sand. Sunrises over the water. And often in late July a water temperature in the low 80s. I could stay in that all day long—bobbing on the swells, body surfing the breakers again and again for …

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