Our life changed about a month ago with one phone call.
That sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? It was sort of a dramatic incident and, yet, not such a big deal at the same time. It was a phone call my …
I was having a moment as a mom. They happen to all of us. We were in a hurry to get out the door to get my daughter to preschool on time. I was trying to get the toddler to …
Last week my daughter’s preschool class had its Easter party. My daughter was excited to go. And she was excited that her dad, baby brother and I were going to be there, too. My husband spent the morning working in …
It happened this morning. I was in the kitchen making some homemade bread, which in and of itself sounds impressive, right? Add in that I was doing so while the toddler randomly swirled around my feet whining and while keeping …
Sometimes when I think about all the things we have ahead of us in our parenting lives, I want to scream or cry or have a panic attack. I think of navigating playground issues, rotten teachers, mean girls, ornery boys, …
Last week started on Monday with my daughter waking up sniffly. She wasn’t in full-blown cold mode. She wasn’t in too sick to want to play mode. She was just a bit sniffly. Being the awesome mother that I am, …
A movie date night to see the latest Captain America movie, a shopping trip and dinner out with the husband and kiddos at a nearby outdoor mall and a Sunday morning at church. Over the weekend, these events took place …
I’ve been thinking about people and relationships a lot lately for a wide variety of reasons. I’ve been thinking about the relationships in my life that mean the most to me and the relationships that have fallen by the wayside. …
A few weeks ago, my parents went on a vacation that included a blast from their past. And by their past, I mean a time way before my brother or I were born. Back when they were just Danny and …