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Longing For An Ordinary Life
On the 4th of July, that day of all days, my baby brother deployed to Afghanistan. For my family, this meant two things. My brother, an Army psychologist, had to leave his base in Europe and say...
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The Mother/Sister Role
My father, my half-brother and my half-sister flew in from the the East Coast for a visit last week. My half-brother is 14 and my half-sister is 10. I was 20 years old and away at college when my...
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Saying Goodbye
My wedding day, shortly after my grandparents celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary “I’m glad you’re here, Aimee. It’s almost time. I hear Grandma calling for me.” It was August 11th, the day after...
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Happy, Merry Chrismukkah!
As a Cashew, I grew up with Christmas and Hanukkah, otherwise known as Chrismukkah. Yes, I was one of those lucky brats that was extra spoiled come December. Needless to say, it was also confusing...
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Goodbye Fall, Hello “Winter”
Winter is almost here. OK, let’s be honest. It doesn’t actually get *wintry* in my area of SoCal. Sure, many leaves have fallen and some trees will soon be bare. But the palm trees will still sway in...
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Our New Addition
It’s been a busy week and a half at the House of AYMB – our family adopted an 8 week old Portuguese Water Dog! As I wrote in a post back in June, we’ve been wanting a dog for a long time but needed to...
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Becoming a Dog Person
Noah We had a few dogs growing up but they weren’t really mine. They belonged to my mom. One dog died when I was very little and two others came into our lives when I was a teenager and rarely home...
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A New Year. A New Reality.
After the Chrismukkah decorations have been packed away, the long-distance relatives have come and gone, and the New Year has begun, I like getting back to a routine and some normalcy. But this year,...
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