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  • To my Z, on graduating 8th grade.

    Keep God first, and remember, there’s always money in the banana stand.

    July 1, 2024
  • Lent 2024, Day 14: Flowers for Zoe.

    Love for Zoe/
    Angels and rainbows/
    All kinds of things you can call your own

    February 29, 2024
  • Throwback Thursday: “You’re HUGE” & Other Dumb Things Not to Say or Do to a Pregnant Woman

    Note: This post was first published on my old blog, Far Above Rubies, on March 30, 2011. Enjoy! ~Li  (Photo: Flickr) God bless ’em, the jerks who have thought it all in…

    July 20, 2017
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    Lent- Day 16: Ponderings of the heart.

     Zoe in 2013. The pout is strong in this one.      Around Zoe’s second birthday, we took her for a check-up at the pediatrician. She wass weighed, measured and given shots.…

    March 7, 2015
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    Lent- Day 15: Platinum fighter jets and withered grass.

    (People)     Kanye’s missus revealed new platinum blond locks in Paris yesterday while attending Fashion Week. Kim is styled by her other half, and he seems to like her looking very…

    March 6, 2015

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