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  • April24th

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    Hey there! I hope you had a very happy Easter weekend. Here are a few photos of our Easter.

    Eleanora, wearing her Easter Bunny pajamas, woke up to find that the Easter Bunny himself had paid her a visit, much to her great joy and surprise. (Just kidding, she didn’t know the difference, but the Easter Bunny thought it a good idea to get in the habit of stopping at our house.)

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  • February14th

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    Does your family have a favorite song? My family (like yours, I’m sure) has a few favorites, one of which is called “Always,” and was written in 1925 by Irving Berlin. Two of my great-grandmothers, Idelle Ross Pennebaker and Louise Jones Hopkins, particularly loved “Always.” And because I believe in the transcendent love of generations of mamas, I sing this tune to my sweet baby, so that she and I may feel connected to her great-great-grandmothers and the mamas who loved them when they were babies:

    I’ll be loving you, always. With a love that’s true, always.

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    When the things you’ve planned…

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  • February11th

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    Do you remember when I made homemade strawberry pop tarts?

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  • February9th

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    When it comes to Valentine’s Day, people usually fall into one of two categories.

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    There are those who LOVE Cupid’s holiday and get all romantical with cards, flowers, chocolates, dinner reservations, jewelry, and the like…

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