gracegrown

mama of six, child of New Orleans, justice and joy seeker.

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Doing a date upstairs while kids eat with grandparents downstairs. #makingitwork living-as-8. https://t.co/k7HQfREuAt

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Lost count of meals served but it is ok because child#2 and I have cocktails in hand as we prep dinner-for-8. Daughter#6 bartended. https://t.co/RlqXPPmlMI

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#meal211served. Shout out to local pizzaria, @roccospizza . https://t.co/UyL58GWOjc

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Seranaded my parents this morning with @sjpalmer8 . Blowing in the Wind and Empty Chairs and Empty Tables felt particularly poignant. https://t.co/QP27XbMA5F

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#172mealsserved from this kitchen since social-distancing. (Not that I'm counting or anything.) Tonight, this was the main course: https://t.co/rHKFzQFHEh https://t.co/ZkBa1nmdGB

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#bodylanguagerealstrong. Mom is not excited about in-home nursing. https://t.co/EH6XiQYT1D

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Silver-lining to social-distancing is daily walks with open eyes. https://t.co/TMg17iB3TJ

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Irish Soda bread from my cousin, @blwalsh1. It was perfect! https://t.co/tkdrXDjZqq

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My mom was released to us for St Patrick's Day. We are a household of 8, three-generations-deep, socially distancing to do our part for the herd. Cheers to all of you! https://t.co/EOnuVOCmU9

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@blwalsh1 we used the recipe you posted!!! https://t.co/oYiPoVmj0T

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Celebrated this lady's birthday tonight. May we all have as much grace in our mid eighties! When asked what she most valued about herself, she said it was that she cares for the poor. https://t.co/WefpxypXEW

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Valentine's Day warmed up by your amazing cocktails, @trishmgavin . Sorry to have missed seeing you. https://t.co/R7WXVMrtgv

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I'm not really doing much social media-ing these days and never got holiday cards out but wanted to share a lovely picture. My parents moved to MN and are now moving into our house. There have been ups and downs but the biggest up is that we all get more… https://t.co/5xQALF4Hop

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Child #4 came home from college, flew to New Orleans with @sjpalmer8, loaded up my parent's belongings and is now helping his dad drive across country in a uhaul to help get their new home set up for them. It almost makes me feel bad for teasing him so m… https://t.co/3hPMwz1oRZ

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@elbowsoup https://t.co/aLHkzOhejM

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Chili Champ from last night was Jeff Ellerd (tagging @k.at.e23 , @smellerd21 , @dmellerd ) Thanks to #penzeys for the best 1st Place Prize! Tune in for Chili Cook Off 2020. https://t.co/xsal1r7E0F

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Trio https://t.co/VXlbBUbqcr

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Children #5 and #6 off to highschool together. The littles are not so little anymore. Our nest is emptying fast but these two keep it happy. https://t.co/3T6cJxk7vV

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He hated posing for this picture. But he did it. He did a lot of things for me in the past week or so that let me know that he would miss me too and saw that I was aching about his leaving for college. He hugged me more and a little longer and tighter in… https://t.co/0ORQbgUBO5

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Savoring every moment. https://t.co/93WGcXiLXC