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Amish Country Getaway
Today is a good day. It’s Friday, dreary January is coming to an end, and our annual Amish Country Trip has arrived. This will be our fifth year in a row maintaining this tradition. Five years ago Emmett arranged a complete weekend getaway, including child care for the kids. When I got home from work he told me to pack my bags and we would be on our way. I was a bit leery of not having control over everything, worried that the kids would miss us, but also so very amazed that my husband had arranged this astounding surprise. When we got there it was getting late but we…
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A Second Wife
When I was a little girl I didn’t dream of being a second wife. It’s just not something that I ever wished for. I’m not sure it’s something anyone wishes for. But free will intervened and here I am, living my life in a second marriage. Playing a game without an instruction manual. And there are many, many days that I feel like I’ve failed at a game that I really don’t even know how to play. It’s hard, harder than I ever thought it would be. When Emmett and I met we didn’t know each other, we had never known each other. We weren’t friends that hung out that…
