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2017-03-09T23:44:42-05:00

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On Self-Control

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

(photo source) As it happens, I’ve been doing a bit of ruminating lately on the virtue of temperance. I know that I wrote a post earlier this year about resolving to cultivate temperance in 2011, but so far, I haven’t made it as much a priority as I ought. It isn’t that I’ve ignored it entirely. I really haven’t. It just hasn’t been my constant companion, there in the back of my mind, informing all my choices, the way I... Read more

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2017-03-09T23:44:44-05:00

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Giveaway Winner Announced!

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

I loved all your answers so much. In the end, I couldn’t make the decision for myself, so I had my daughter blindly pick a number. Then, thinking that that method might perhaps be unfair, I wrote all the numbers down, cut them out, folded them up, stuck them in a hat and had her choose one. She chose the same one that time that she chose initially, so I guess it really was fate that #17, Housewifespice, won the... Read more

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2016-10-10T11:51:56-04:00

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A Mother’s Love

Last updated on: October 10, 2016 at 11:51 am By Calah Alexander

When I was in sixth grade, I punched a boy in my class. Knocked him flat on his back in the middle of the hallway. For the record, this boy deserved it. In the two months leading up to the incident, he had been assigned to the seat behind me in school. Every single day of those two months he would sharpen his pencil until the tip glittered dangerously, then spend the morning poking me in the back repeatedly. In... Read more

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2016-10-10T11:54:43-04:00

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Lady of Silences (plus, a Giveaway!)

Last updated on: October 10, 2016 at 11:54 am By Calah Alexander

To all you mothers, I wish you a very happy mother’s day. To all you women who long to be mothers, I also wish you happiness this day, a day that surely must be painful for you, and I pray that God would grant you the desires of your heart. I believe there is something of the mother in every woman’s heart. There is a certain tenderness, a desire to comfort, nurture and sustain, that is unique to women. For... Read more

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2017-03-09T23:44:46-05:00

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Things that Happened

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

Here are some things that happened since my grump-tacular quick takes yesterday: 1) The Ogre and I got into one of those nasty, bring-all-the-things-you-hate-about-yourself-to-the-surface fights that required both of us to do one of two things. We could either swallow our pride and own up to being selfish and self-indulgent, each in our own ways, or we could scream and point our fingers at each other and stomp around in fits of self-righteous indignation. We chose both. 2) During Phase... Read more

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2017-03-09T23:44:48-05:00

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7 Quick Takes Friday. The Terrible Day Edition

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

I always put an exclamation point after the “Friday” in my “7 Quick Takes Friday” titles. But today, I’m not putting one in. Why, you ask? Because I’m having a terrible day and the only thing I can think of doing to vent my frustration without making someone cry is to not put an exclamation point in the title of my quick takes today. That’s right. Watch out. #7 Charlotte who was not even remotely this happy woke up at... Read more

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2016-10-10T11:54:44-04:00

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An Ode to My Alma Mater

Last updated on: October 10, 2016 at 11:54 am By Calah Alexander

If you read this blog regularly, or even occasionally, chances are you know that I attended college at the University of Dallas. You’ll probably also know that I love that school with a deep, abiding love. That I owe her and the people within her a debt of gratitude. But you may not really know why. Just two weeks ago, after I published this post, I received an email and a facebook message from two different UD grads. They were... Read more

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2017-03-09T23:44:50-05:00

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All My Exes Live In Texas

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

Which is why I hang my hat in Las Vegas. I realized, as I began to write this post, that this is actually not entirely true. Probably about half of my exes live in Texas. One of them lives in my house with me, and sleeps in my bed. The scandal! It’s a good thing he came to his senses and married me. Upon realizing that not all of my exes live in Texas, I decided that it would be... Read more

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2016-10-10T11:53:55-04:00

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Yay! I Got a Shiny Award!

Last updated on: October 10, 2016 at 11:53 am By Calah Alexander

Steph at Baca Ohana awarded me my very first ever bloggy award! Thanks, Steph! Here it is: What I love the most about this award are the rules that accompany it. The Rules of the Versatile Blogger Award are as follows: Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post Tell us seven things about yourself Award ten recently discovered new bloggers So first, thanks to Steph for giving me the award. It’s... Read more

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2017-03-09T23:44:52-05:00

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7 Quick Takes Friday! The Royal Wedding Edition

Last updated on: March 9, 2017 at 11:44 pm By Calah Alexander

Oh, yes. I am jumping on the bandwagon and writing my quick takes about the wedding to end all weddings. Let it first be known that I did not watch the wedding because we have neither cable nor any other access to television aside from Netflix. So everything I know about the wedding, I learned from the internet. Kind of like everything else in my life. #7 Kate Middleton FTW! (Go to this website for more awesome Duchess of Cambridge... Read more

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