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Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day
The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son's namesake, a fallen soldier.
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Dear Gym: it’s good to be back
I haven’t stepped on a scale in almost 2 months. But it doesn’t take some magic unsightly numbers to tell me what my body has been screaming at me for the last few…
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One woman’s survival story
Imagine, for a brief moment, that you are a young newlywed who has just found out that you are expecting your first child. Then, imagine landing in the hospital with that child before…
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years
Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.16.13
This transition out of the Army and move to North Carolina has been and will continue to be an adjustment in so many ways, but we are rich in God's grace and in…
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One month home
As of today, we have lived in our new home for exactly one month, and have been here in our new hometown just a few days beyond that. In so many ways our…
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The chaos of moving and settling in
The day that we moved into our new apartment was probably the most difficult and hectic day of the entire moving process. We had hoped that the movers would deliver our household goods…
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The days in between
We arrived in North Carolina six days before our household goods did. It was a long six days. It was nice because we weren’t having to spend money for a hotel – we…
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Final thoughts on my husband’s six years in the Army
It’s within an hour of midnight on the evening of our last official day in the Army. I just finished watching about three straight hours of science fiction television, and even at the…
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Saying goodbye and closing the door
Our movers were gone, along with our household goods. Our landlady had just pulled away after inspecting our home. Ezra was asleep on the living room floor. We made several trips in and…
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Moving Days: garbage dumpsters, packing, pizza, goodbyes, magic erasers, and more
Moving Day 1 dawned lovely, warm, and sunny. We woke up around 6am because the movers had said they would be there between 8 and 9 am. I was scurrying around trying to…
