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Sweet, sweet 16
Normally, my blogs are all Liv and Old Man River and musings...but today is a special day. Today, the OG Kehoe grandson/nephew turns 16....
Kristen Kehoe
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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Thirteen Years to Thread and Twine.
For thirteen years of marriage, they say the proper gift is lace--something to show the intricacy of blending our lives together....
Kristen Kehoe
Aug 2, 20223 min read
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Favorite at 48.
Old Man River, it's my favorite time of year...the day you become 11 years older, just for a month. I know time doesn't work that way,...
Kristen Kehoe
Jun 5, 20223 min read
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Turning 10
Today is your day, Livvy Love, and Seuss said it best when he said, "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" Every year, I think...
Kristen Kehoe
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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To You, 2022.
The seventh grade was my first introduction to grammar and the concept of infinitives. It was my Spanish teacher, Sr. Schultz, who taught...
Kristen Kehoe
Jan 1, 20223 min read
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To Twelve <3
Every year on our anniversary, I go through our wedding photos and choose one I haven't used before. It's amazing, looking back at that...
Kristen Kehoe
Aug 1, 20212 min read
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Forty-Seven in '21
Here it is, Old Man River, another 365 around the sun, and what a trip it has been. 2020 was our year of numbers, when everything hinged...
Kristen Kehoe
Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Nearly Nine
My darling Livvy-Love, you're almost nine. Yes, we've been celebrating for a few days now, and yes, you've been getting nine gummy bears...
Kristen Kehoe
Apr 26, 20212 min read
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Rearview Moments
Last year, I wrote on January fifth that "...it appears that 2020 is going to be the year of numbers." I am not psychic...but to my two...
Kristen Kehoe
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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Steel-ing 11.
The traditional anniversary gift for eleven years is steel. This is according to my friend Google, but the more I read about steel, the...
Kristen Kehoe
Aug 1, 20202 min read
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Quarantine Kind of Love: For Old Man River
I'm a day late on this post, but, like most, I haven't had a lot of alone time to sit down and do something as simple as write a love...
Kristen Kehoe
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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This is You, Livvy Love.
Olivia Anne, today you are eight. Eight. You're a second grader who loves Harry Potter, dancing, fancy dresses, vaulting from your bean...
Kristen Kehoe
Apr 27, 20203 min read
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The Next Right Thing.
March 12...like many of you, this was the last day I went to work, the last day my daughter got to go to school, the last day I got up at...
Kristen Kehoe
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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Seeing 20-20
Clever title aside, it appears that 2020 is going to be the year of numbers. Olivia determined that today when she followed me around the...
Kristen Kehoe
Jan 5, 20203 min read
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Decade One.
Ten years ago, these two lovebirds said "I do." Of course, because it was our wedding, and we are anything but predictable and classy, we...
Kristen Kehoe
Aug 1, 20192 min read
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Colt 45...Happy Birthday, OMR.
It's your birthday, Old Man River, and since it's been a minute since I've seen you, I'm feeling super mushy--this is also evidenced by...
Kristen Kehoe
Jun 5, 20192 min read
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Seven.
My darling Olivia Anne, Happy seventh birthday, sweet girl! I always wonder what to write you, what to say that could possibly do justice...
Kristen Kehoe
Apr 27, 20192 min read
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Same Same.
Everyone's choosing a word for this year: "2019 will be my year of...Love, gratitude, health, kindness..." Oddly, though I like to think...
Kristen Kehoe
Jan 5, 20193 min read
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Nine Years: That Real Life Romance
Once upon a time, not long after we got married, I asked Old Man River to live in a romance novel with me. I wanted our days to be filled...
Kristen Kehoe
Aug 1, 20182 min read
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CSWJ
Life's not fair. I've heard this phrase countless times in my thirty-three years; I've even uttered it a time or two when I thought...
Kristen Kehoe
Jun 4, 20181 min read
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