30 New Things
Painfully Honest Moment: Winter is really hard for me. Especially after Christmas is over Photo credit: TexasEagle Everything turns gray, and I feel it in my bones. The sky is gray and distant, and the...
View ArticleHow to Win at Trunk or Treat
Paint a beard on your cute baby and borrow as much of your cousin’s hunting gear as you can pack in your minivan. Bam Aaand have an awesome husband that will talk to kids in a southern accent, and help...
View ArticleOctober Through the iPhone
October was big for us, but I’m not exactly sure how just yet. Things have been unsure and unstable – in my heart at least – but we’re moving again and the horizon is starting to take shape. All month...
View ArticleSong for a Mommy
So last week I decided it would be fun to sit down and update Song for a Fifth Child. You know the one: ” … I’m rocking my baby, and babies don’t keep.” It’s a beautiful poem that has given mommies...
View ArticleAutumn Colors Resurrection
We’ve had some really nice autumn afternoons the past couple of weeks, and we have not taken them for granted. The garden is put to bed. We’ve laid in the cool grass, and taken long walks to the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Eve
So tomorrow is Thanksgiving. It’s like the opening games of The Holiday Season, especially on the side of my family that celebrates all three grandsons’ birthdays (plus one great-grandson, now) in...
View Article30 New Things Round-Up
My strategy for surviving winter this year – without succumbing to the melancholy of that viscous grayness that clings to everything – is 30 New Things. The original idea is here, but it’s basically...
View Article13 Gifts That Give Back
It’s the season for gifting, and I love it. I love giving and receiving. I love the thoughtful purchase, the loving home-mades, the useful gift cards. I love finding that perfect thing, and I love it...
View ArticleNovember Through the iPhone
November managed to completely sneak by me. Too fast to photograph, apparently. At least too fast to photograph well. The few that I do have tell a story that I’m not excited to narrate. Our theme for...
View ArticleHow to Make a Minivan Fly
It’s early Saturday afternoon, and I am M+26, or so, in the Great War. Russia’s advance has splintered and is being utterly crushed by the German army. Somewhere in the background music is blaring from...
View ArticleDecember Through the iPhone
New Year’s Eve, husband and I sat in bed, watching a movie on the MacBook, dozing on an off (mostly me), and playing on our phones. When midnight struck, we shook our fists in the air to send it off,...
View ArticleJanuary Through the iPhone
I know, I know: Who even remembers January? I only do because I have pictures. Pictures of new adventures and a wide-eyed toddler, because January was mostly about the view. The view from the front...
View ArticleFebruary Through the iPhone
I’m sure it’s obvious by now that I’m having a hard time keeping up with the pace of life these days. We’re half-way through March? Come on. To be perfectly honest, I was tired last night as I edited...
View ArticleOne Year Later
Dear Dad, Can you believe it? It’s been a year since you’ve been gone. If someone corrected me, showed me how I was reading the calendar wrong, and pointed out that’s really only been a month, I would...
View ArticleGreater Than Irony
There will forever be two days each year that feel like the anniversary of the day we said Goodbye (for now) to my dad – March 31 and Easter Sunday. Because in 2013, they were the same day. And months...
View Article#redballoonsforryan
Photo credit: Jacob Esben H. I added my small voice to the chorus of love and support for Jacqui and her family in the wake of their tragic loss on Instagram this morning, but I wanted to do more. From...
View ArticleMay Through the iPhone
It’s June. It’s summer. It’s time for picnics and pet squirrels and cloth diapers on the clothesline. Wait, that was May. We had adventures in May. First bike ride. First tree-climbing (kind of). Lots...
View ArticleConfessions of a Rookie Doula: Amy’s Birth Story
Amy was due June 2, but she was a rookie too, so when June 2 came and went with no serious contractions no one was very surprised. On the evening of the fifth, she texted me about some slightly more...
View ArticleExploring Slowly
Photo Cred: Raynna Myers (@LittleYellowFlower) We woke up Monday morning and went upstairs to have breakfast with our new friends before setting off in search of an adventure. It’s one of our favorite...
View ArticleJune Photo-Dump: Beautiful Chaos
I know, I know – It’s August. I know … *sigh* … Oh, June. Who remembers June? Friends and food. Summer is a sure thing for good food and good friends. Strawberries from our garden. Farmer’s markets in...
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