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Reflection & Rejuvenation: February
From the Nikki McClure CalendarLong time, no talk! I apologize for my unscheduled break last week. We found out on the previous Tuesday that our closing was actually going to happen on Thursday. Although Thursday, 1/26 was on our original contract, we assumed it wasn’t going to be that early, since the title company was still working on financing stuff with the buyers.… Read MoreSo Tuesday to Thursday isn’t much time to pack. Although I did attempt to follow my moving project plan as much as possible, I didn’t start the packing part until we knew we were officially moving. Two days to pack up your entire life (2.5 people
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11 Months: Happy Birthday, Henry!
Dearest Henry Jones,… Read MoreYou are growing so much! You are in the 90th percentile for height and the 60th percentile for weight. You gained two pounds of holiday weight. Your head is still small for a baby (around the 25th percentile).
We go to the park nearly every day now. You love to crawl right up to other kids and watch them. You also know how to go down the slide all by yourself. You crawl to the edge of the slide, kick your legs over, and slide down feet first on your stomach. You open your mouth wide to take in all the joy. We just signed a lease
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Dear Houston:
You are one of the most underrated cities in America. Yes, you are full of ozone warnings, concrete, traffic, oil people, inordinate wealth juxtaposed with abject poverty, and aggressive drivers, but you have been an amazing home to me for nine years of my life.… Read MoreAnd what a nine years those have been. I moved here to be part of the educational reform movement for economically disadvantaged children at KIPP, I met my husband at the Astrodome while we were tutoring evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, we bought our first home in the historic Heights just north of downtown, we harbored chickens illegally in our backyard, and we welcomed little Henry
