Author Archives: kellyinrepeat

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About kellyinrepeat

mom, wife, artist, writer, teacher, dog lover, pie maker, who believes that all things are possible

Both Sides of Perfection

Posted on June 9, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

I’m not so sure the universe is as mysterious as it is playful. It is Sunday night and finally, after hitting the ground running with Lizzie’s eighth grade graduation and then mazing through two days of tournaments and two graduation … Continue reading →

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Fourteen Years and I Love You

Posted on May 17, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

  Aw, Lizzie Girl. Happy Birthday, my blue eyed girl. It is one in the morning and the house is just settling down. I wonder how you will remember your early teenage years and the energy of this house. I … Continue reading →

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On Mother’s Day, Anne Lamott, You are Mistaken

Posted on May 11, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

1971. My parents bring me home from the hospital. 3 months before her first mother’s day. My momma is small. My dad has hair. My dad looks like Luke. This week three things happened that got me thinking about Mother’s … Continue reading →

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Lopsided Firecracker

Posted on May 2, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

Some weeks are shitty and this one has not ended yet. When I went to sleep last Monday night (a Monday that was supposed to be my one and only, much coveted personal day, but was instead wasted with a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Adulthood

Posted on April 28, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

Happy Eighteen, Luke. I am only twenty-five in this picture, holding your two pound self. I was eighteen when I met your dad. That is incredible to me. How can that be? You have been a bit apprehensive about turning … Continue reading →

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#parentfail

Posted on April 17, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

If you are wondering how explicit Wolf on Wallstreet really is and accidentally hit the “play” button in front of your middle school aged children, you will want to punch yourself in the throat in the 15 seconds it takes to … Continue reading →

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I See Your Florida and I Raise you a Game of Nerf Catch

Posted on April 17, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

It’s the hump day of my spring break, which is really turning out to not be a break (got the freelance job) and I am sitting at my filthy dining room table with Lizzie’s Lush face mask on my nose, … Continue reading →

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The Gap

Posted on March 23, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

“Always there’s that space between what you feel and what you do, and in that gap, all human sadness lies.” Rodrigue George I am sitting in the parking lot of the dumpiest warehouse in all of Indiana. Inside there are … Continue reading →

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Life Lessons in Denim

Posted on March 21, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

Today a girl at school entered my office at 8:00. I don’t know her well, only from a study hall. Once I teased her about how many letter A’s there are in her name. She was wearing gym pants and … Continue reading →

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Painted Black

Posted on February 25, 2014 by kellyinrepeat

“She’s growing straight lines Where once were flowers She is streamlined She is taking the shade down From the light” –Suzanne Vega, Straight Lines I have been lying in bed for two hours now, staring at the ceiling and deciding … Continue reading →

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