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Growing up Doyle: Boys and Prom are Way Worse than Girls...
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! Boys and Prom are Way Worse than Girls. Got up before 6 am to catch a flight back to Louisville so we could be home for prom (or as Chris. I tried to wake him up. Just then the girls walked in loaded down with grocery bags. "DO NOT TOUCH THESE GROCERIES! Have you even showered? I should have stayed out of it, but instead I piped in, "No he hasn't and he hasn't gone to get his tux yet." "Are you kidding me? SK kept yelling. "GO NOW! You have to try it on." "Why? Yes I...
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Growing up Doyle: September 2015
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! Tuesday was SK's 20th birthday. TWENTY! I still can't even get my head around the fact we have a 20 year old. I still sometimes have to pinch myself to remind myself I really am a mama and not just pretending. So here's how they happy birthdayed their sister. Happy Birthday- Congratulations on beating teen pregnancy. Because if you are you need to be careful drinking." Controlling Mama broke in, "What are you even talking about? Caroline, "Daddy told me; it's somethi...
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Growing up Doyle: Feminism Caroline's Way
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! I love All Saints- y'all have heard that before. And I love having all my babies at All Saints. What I don't love is having Kendall leaving All Saints, but that's a different blog. This year it was just SK and me. It was so weird, and frankly a little (read a lot like I may have cried several times in my cabin) sad. I missed having them all around; I missed seeing them be at All Saints; I missed seeing the ethos of All Saints seeping into their pores. I'm not going t...
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Growing up Doyle: October 2014
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! There were five of us in the car heading to fall gathering at All Saints. The babies, a shy seventh grader, and a young man who was a Karen refugee- sweet and kind. Honestly I don't know what people are thinking when they ask me to take their children to All Saints. An hour and a half in the car with our family? Do you know who we are? And yesterday was worse because the traffic was horrible and Caroline's energy was high. Now she had my full attention as I was tryin...
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Growing up Doyle: July 2015
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! I love All Saints- y'all have heard that before. And I love having all my babies at All Saints. What I don't love is having Kendall leaving All Saints, but that's a different blog. This year it was just SK and me. It was so weird, and frankly a little (read a lot like I may have cried several times in my cabin) sad. I missed having them all around; I missed seeing them be at All Saints; I missed seeing the ethos of All Saints seeping into their pores. I'm not going t...
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Growing up Doyle: October 2015
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! Caroline's Wedding- Part II. Surely I did. (beginning to feel a sick panic in my stomach) I'll have to check when I get home." (Nope, I didn't.) I was distracted, but quickly refocused as I heard Caroline ask, "How would you do that? Well," said SK, "Something about the colors on the place settings." At this I resolutely entered the conversation, "We don't have to worry about that since you won't be having a sit down dinner.". I really have no words. I asked thinking...
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Growing up Doyle: We Did Something Right--We are the O'Doyles
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! We Did Something Right- We are the O'Doyles. How did we do it? I tried not to fall off the bed (that causes concussions in our family) and asked, "Why? There's just something I need to do." And that was all I heard for awhile. Meanwhile, William texted SK- find out what time the show is on Sunday. She happily did; he asked for a pair of her pointe shoes; she gave them. He enlisted Caroline to draw a poster. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Joy of Lent (Madness).
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Growing up Doyle: Birthdays Doyle Style
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! Tuesday was SK's 20th birthday. TWENTY! I still can't even get my head around the fact we have a 20 year old. I still sometimes have to pinch myself to remind myself I really am a mama and not just pretending. So here's how they happy birthdayed their sister. Happy Birthday- Congratulations on beating teen pregnancy. Because if you are you need to be careful drinking." Controlling Mama broke in, "What are you even talking about? Caroline, "Daddy told me; it's somethi...
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Growing up Doyle: April 2015
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! We Don't Play Board Games. Okay, I admit it; sometimes I want to be the family I picture in my mind- the slightly crazy imaginative mind. You know the kind of family that sits around the table playing board games, drinking. This sort of looks like poker.just sayin'. Have turned over the scrabble board when I started to lose.), but I do like games, sooooo- I sometimes play manipulative games. They looked back and forth at each other with that look that says, "We bette...
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Growing up Doyle: December 2014
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It ain't always pretty, but it's fun! The Clash of the Secular and the Holy- Doyle Style. It was Palm Sunday 1998 and the priest had all the children up front talking about Holy Week. He asked, “Who knows what will happen on Thursday? 8221; and many hands went up. They all shared their answers. Then he asked, “Who knows what Good Friday is? Light the advent wreath every night at the dinner table. Yes, the candles will be small nubs by Christmas Eve, but it will set the tone. Read a Christmas book every n...
