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Dumb things we say to kids
Oct 30, 2024 • Tresta Payne
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Making plans, praying prayers, and throwing your life up in the air
Mar 14 • Tresta Payne
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A quiet and simple life must also have some challenges
Dec 22, 2024 • Tresta Payne
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You don't have to homeschool, but you can if you want.
Jan 14, 2024 • Tresta Payne
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You don't plan to live a boring life
I tried using index cards to make my lists and carry a daily schedule with me, and that lasted about a week.
Oct 18 • 
Tresta Payne
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Change, proper child spacing, and gray beards
A Five Things essay
Oct 10 • 
Tresta Payne
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What "Much Ado" teaches us about the benefit of the doubt
Be wary of living by your misinterpretations
Oct 3 • 
Tresta Payne
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The way out is not the same as the way in
Some thoughts on escaping the drain, and some links for your thinks
Sep 27 • 
Tresta Payne
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You keep using that word.
It's just me—using extraneous words to define things.
Sep 21 • 
Tresta Payne
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Life has never been normal
Gird up your loins and get serious
Sep 13 • 
Tresta Payne
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Grape Cough Syrup and other things that don't fix the problem
Does everything have to be a lesson?
Sep 7 • 
Tresta Payne
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The Doerner Fir is on fire
A tribute to the things we value
Aug 28 • 
Tresta Payne
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Is there any point in hurrying?
Moving slow
Aug 13 • 
Tresta Payne
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