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Two spring breaks are better than one

Archie was held by my dad for the first time:

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I got to see my mom’s lush lilacs in full bloom:

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Can you smell them?

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The kids blew bubbles, thanks to my mom’s purchase of a gallon jug of soap and 24 colorful wands and pipes:

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We enjoyed glorious weather. Archie wore the hat his four big brothers have worn, too. It’s not a hat, it’s a legacy:

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More hats, more smiles:

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The evenings found the kids outside, digging in the dirt with grandma’s gardening spades. Harm to real plants was minimal:

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The drive home featured a visit to a Wendy’s drive-thru in Silverthorne, where a grouping of parking lot pine trees prevented a foodless escape. It also featured a white-knuckled drive thorough thirty mountainous miles of chunky fog.

Even the perilous drive couldn’t slough away the restorative power of family, lilacs, bubbles, dirt, and sunhats.

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