Cari Palmer
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What a Real Dad Looks Like

What a Real Dad Looks Like

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Often we don’t see what is right before us. After four dads left us broken and lost, an angel stepped in. At 21-years-old he took on a monumental task of raising three broken girls. He wasn’t alone. Down the street was another angel raising three boys.

I won’t wish my mother “Happy Mother’s Day”

I won’t wish my mother “Happy Mother’s Day”

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As everyone is posting their beautiful stories and pictures on Facebook about their mother being the best in the world, I can’t say the same about mine. There was a time if I could go way back, where I might feel different. Unfortunately, the choices she made...
Not Second Fiddle

Not Second Fiddle

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My car was in the shop getting an oil change while I was in the waiting room. With still a lot of time to wait, I found myself sitting next to a man of the Lord. I didn’t invite him into my space, but he decided he needed to have a chat with me. I was kind but...
Home ownership is lovely… right?

Home ownership is lovely… right?

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I was walking my dog yesterday when I walked by a house with a lovely older woman busily sweeping and cleaning her yard. She looked up as we walked by and gave me a big smile. Then she said in a very fun yet sarcastic tone, “isn’t home ownership...
Yep, I’m an open book

Yep, I’m an open book

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I was talking to someone earlier today that asked me about my new life as a blogger. They wondered if I was concerned about my neighbors, my daughter or others in the community reading it and getting to know me in a way that they never have before. They wondered if...