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Wow-- it's been way over a year since I've posted on this blog. That makes me sad to see, but I also understand why I'm not blogging like...
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a blog about motherhood (and more)
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Erica Witsell
- Feb 28, 2021
- 6 min
No Easy Answers
When the kids were small, well-meaning strangers used to stop me in the grocery store. “Don’t worry, it gets easier,” they would say....
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Erica Witsell
- Dec 6, 2020
- 4 min
Renewal
Last week felt hard, for no particularly good reason. I felt disconnected with Don, so small annoyances— he came home from Ingles with...
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Erica Witsell
- Nov 21, 2020
- 5 min
Oysters
Last Friday evening, our family got together with some dear friends in their backyard. We ate veggie burgers at a great distance, but our...
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Erica Witsell
- Oct 11, 2020
- 4 min
Great and Terrible
My family spent last weekend at Myrtle Beach. With its towering beachfront hotels and blocks of souvenir shops and attractions, Myrtle...
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Erica Witsell
- Jun 29, 2020
- 7 min
Happiness in the Time of Covid
“Going through puberty during a pandemic is pretty tough,” Clayton said to me matter-of-factly as we walked along the pedestrian lane of...
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Erica Witsell
- Mar 26, 2020
- 5 min
The First day of Spring
We needed Saturday. Cool and sunny, with that particular light that only a spring day can have, it was impossible not to feel our spirits...
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Erica Witsell
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
You Can't Hurry Love
“What is there to look forward to?” Sylvia asks me hopefully the other night as we set out on our nightly walk. It is the first week back...
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Erica Witsell
- Oct 5, 2019
- 5 min
I just Can't Wait to BE...
On Wednesday evening, as Sylvia and I walk the dogs down a cul-de-sac in a nearby neighborhood, a pick-up truck pulls up to the curb and...
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Erica Witsell
- Aug 24, 2019
- 2 min
Please Help
It has been almost three months since the launch of my novel, Give, and I am grateful beyond measure for all the love and support the...
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Erica Witsell
- Jul 26, 2019
- 3 min
Not Shameless
A few months ago Janet Geddis, owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, wrote an eloquent post on facebook about the challenges of running an...
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Erica Witsell
- Jul 20, 2019
- 4 min
What Time Does Not Touch
We recently took a family vacation to northern California, where I lived for five years in my twenties. I hadn’t been back since I was...
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Erica Witsell
- Apr 21, 2019
- 5 min
Reflections on Turning 45
“Aren’t you humiliated?” Clayton asks me. I understand his question. I must look like a trained bear on this little bike, my knees barely...
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Erica Witsell
- Feb 23, 2019
- 5 min
Clayton's Bully
A few years ago, whenever we would read a book in which some kid was getting picked on, Clayton would stop the story to say proudly,...
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Erica Witsell
- Jan 15, 2019
- 4 min
The GAme Of LIFE
On Friday afternoon, we went to a brewery for what passes, in the social studies department of Enka High, for a baby shower. I drank one...
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Erica Witsell
- Dec 26, 2018
- 5 min
"What's wrong?"
“You think I’m too messy, but you don’t think Clayton is too neat!” Dee Dee wails. This outburst comes at the end of a recurring fight,...
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Erica Witsell
- Nov 22, 2018
- 6 min
Dee Dee's Thinking Place
“When are you going to write a blog about me?” Dee Dee asked me the other day. “I’ve written blogs about you,” I said defensively. But,...
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Erica Witsell
- Oct 25, 2018
- 6 min
LABORS OF LOVE
Two months ago, one of my best friends asked if we could meet her family over Labor Day weekend at a campground near the Grayson...
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Erica Witsell
- Jul 20, 2018
- 1 min
Earlier Posts
Click here for posts from 2011 to 2018: http://ericawitsell.blogspot.com/
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