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letters from the nest.

notes from a small house on a big farm.

March 11, 2018

Why Parents Should Stop Doing Their Child’s School Projects

February 14, 2018

These Are My Best Days With You

December 14, 2017

35 is Halfway to 40

October 10, 2017

Why Don’t We Hang Out Anymore?

September 27, 2017

Eye Contact is an Implied Vulnerability

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Eye Contact is an Implied Vulnerability

September 27, 2017

One of my favorite things to do lately is to re-watch movies from my younger years– middle school to senior year of college– and pay attention in particular to human interaction: how people communicated without the use of mobile devices, laptops, or the internet. It always ends with a heaviness in my heart: that used… Read More Eye Contact is an Implied Vulnerability

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How We Survived Our First Year in Public School

August 9, 2017

  What you may or may not know about our family is that we used to homeschool, and by homeschool, I mean myself and my daughter working through subjects and predicates at the sticky kitchen table while one little boy would climb up on the counter, in nothing but a pair of Minions underwear, to… Read More How We Survived Our First Year in Public School

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How to Care for Ferns

July 26, 2017

  I have a personal rule when it comes to my husband: everything I buy is “on sale” and everything I cook is “low-fat”. Or at least, that is the perception. A few months ago, he came home to two very large, lush ferns hanging on our front porch. I had been asked to participate… Read More How to Care for Ferns

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You are Beautiful. Eat the Cake.

June 21, 2017

I have been trying incredibly hard lately to do adult things, like making healthy food choices and doing this bizarre thing called running without something chasing you. It is hard and makes me want to cry when no one is looking. But, I have been told more than twice that the time is now, and… Read More You are Beautiful. Eat the Cake.

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Welcome home! I'm so glad you stopped by our nest. I'm Christie Elkins, a small town newspaper columnist, wife of a cop, mother of 3, and taking on farm life, one East Tennessee day at a time. Kick up your feet, grab a tall glass of sweet tea, and take a look around!

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