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Roadblocks to Writing #2: Floods

We woke up to a big surprise this morning I have to confess, I was worried. The flooding was pretty bad and the storm sewers were backed up. Our neighbor, Shannon, took this picture of the side of our house. But we like to make lemonade out of lemons…and my family is a little crazy. This is what we do when school is cancelled and we have water up to our windows. Have… Read More

Category: Blog, Blog Articles, Family, Video Tags: Family, Flood, Flooding, Fun, Grandville, Jumping, Michigan, Photos, Pictures, Prayers, Rain, Roadblocks to Writing, September 9 2013, Storms, Trampoline, Videos, Water, Wyoming Michigan

Roadblocks to Writing #1: Flies

Things that interfere with writing the next great American novel: #1. FLIES! I’m not kidding. My daughter Chloe (who just turned four) is terrified of flies. She doesn’t understand the correlation between leaving the screen on our deck door open and our having flies in the house. I have spent a great deal of my time trying to explain this concept and have attempted to combat her hysteria by racing around my house like a crazy… Read More

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