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“It's a beautiful life Well, you won't always see it that way When you're deep in a hole with nowhere to go And you can't see it change ‘Cause it's just out of sight It's a beautiful life.”...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2017/02/07/the-one-dollar-break-from-reality-available-to-us-all/

The smell of hospitals in winter And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls All at once you look across a crowded room To see the way that light attaches to a girl. –Counting...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2015/11/18/when-you-want-to-pull-the-blanket-over-your-head-do-this-instead/

“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.” –Fernando Sabino I was standing over the shrimp dip when a family friend approached me. Although he was known to as...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2014/12/31/a-question-to-live-by/

For every exasperated breath, let there be two minutes of uncontrollable laughter. For every impatient “hurry up,” let there be one leisurely “take your time.” For every worry about the c...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2014/11/24/live-more-love-more-thanksgiving-recipe/

“I must have done something right,” the father of a nineteen-year-old young lady was telling me after having fixed my troublesome garage door. Although his daughter had drifted a bit during h...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2014/02/18/when-you-get-it-right-and-when-you-dont/

Sometimes I find myself sitting behind the wheel of the car thinking, Enough. Enough with the bickering. Enough with the chauffeuring, the gas-guzzling, the bumper-to-bumper. Enough with the gum ...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2013/11/25/enough/

The message came in late one night. My husband and I had just arrived home from a wonderful evening with dear friends. Thanks to the lingering warmth of flavorful sangria and the company of those...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2012/11/20/today-let-me-appreciate/

I applied extra strength deodorant…three times. I had an arsenal of frozen water bottles in my possession. I donned airy, Dri-fit clothing that allowed for optimal air circulation. Every single...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/06/19/when-sweat-meets-tears/