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A Santa Letter (but not the kind you think)

A Santa Letter (but not the kind you think) I started writing this letter two full years ago, in anticipation of the day when I'd…

Lori BlairDecember 14, 2022

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids Thoughts + Feelings Words

Audrey’s 8th Birthday Letter

Audrey’s 8th Birthday Letter Each year, I write my babies a birthday letter. They are just as much (more) for me than they are for…

Lori BlairAugust 14, 2021

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids Thoughts + Feelings Words

Noah’s 10th Birthday Letter

Noah’s 10th Birthday Letter My dear boy, 10 years ago today, we became parents. Your birthday rolls in each year, closing out summer ... feeling…

Lori BlairSeptember 7, 2020

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids Thoughts + Feelings Words

The End of an Era

I wrote this article over a year ago -- in early July 2019 as we were preparing for the Little Miss to start Kindergarten. And,…

Lori BlairAugust 25, 2020

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids Thoughts + Feelings Words

The Sweetest Gift

It’s 9:14 a.m. I sit on our back patio with my second cup of coffee. I’m still in my pajamas ... our new normal. From…

Lori BlairApril 23, 2020

Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids

Let Me Not Forget

Watching you by the water, my heart contracts and I feel a deep longing for something I cannot explain. The waves, their steady ebb and…

Lori BlairAugust 8, 2017

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids

To My Boy, on His 6th Birthday

To my dear, N -- It's weird for me, even to write it...six. Six. Six seems too big, too grown up, like such a KID.…

Lori BlairSeptember 7, 2016

Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids Poetry Words

To My Girl, On Her 3rd Birthday

Dear A, My girl. It's your birthday. You are three. I can hardly believe it, and yet at the same time I can hardly remember…

Lori BlairAugust 14, 2016

Thoughts + Feelings Words

Joy

Joy. ~Watching him, I realize - I'm witnessing joy in its purest form. His life is uncomplicated and uncluttered. He has nothing on his mind.…

Lori BlairJune 10, 2016

Faith Family Lifestyle Motherhood + Kids

Praying My Way to Kindergarten

A few days ago, Raleigh Moms Blog posted an article that I wrote about kindergarten and all of my big feelings about that fact that…

Lori BlairMay 13, 2016

A Santa Letter (but not the kind you think)

Audrey’s 8th Birthday Letter

Noah’s 10th Birthday Letter

The End of an Era

Let Me Not Forget

To My Boy, on His 6th Birthday

To My Girl, On Her 3rd Birthday

Joy

Praying My Way to Kindergarten

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