When Someday Becomes Today, and THIS IS A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Fourteen years ago, the phone rang, piercing the silence inside my tiny apartment. Lee was at work, and I was preparing dinner, because we were newlyweds, and making food was still exciting to me back then. I answered the phone, and her voice came across the line all buttery and warm. "I hear...
The Strength of a Woman
The baby's cries pierced through the walls for the third night in a row. Just when we hit a stride in her sleeping patterns, she enters a new growth spurt and the nighttime feedings start again. I'm weary. So weary. I stumbled to her room and lifted her from her bed. Her warm, doughy cheek...
Living Creatively with Children
Summertime is ripe for creativity. When I think of summer, I think of adventure and exploration, of trying new things, lazy mornings, books by the pool, and popsicles at all hours of the day. Summer is for creating. It's for stepping away from the every day mundane that dictated your life, and...
First and Last and Bittersweet
We say goodbye to elementary school today. It's bittersweet. As Sloan prepares to head to Middle School, and I plan to homeschool Tia and Landon, I find myself nostalgic a bit. I have loved their school. I leave with no hard feelings. In fact, loving the school is what made the decision to...
