The Best Hardest Thing
I shared this photo on Facebook the other day. It’s Z at Skyline Chili, his first job that just ended before heading off to college. I also shared a photo of me and my parents at Skyline. It was 2001, [...]
What I Can See With My Lamp
I’ve got some heavy news to share today. It’s been unfolding for three weeks now, and I’m finally ready to write about it. Fall has already been such a busy season. I’ve mentioned before how my calendar couldn’t possibly be [...]
Dreams, Goals, and Habits
It's here! It's here! A shiny new year full of possibilities. Call me an optimist but I love New Year's Day. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions for 2025 so I am going to narrow it down to 10 things.
Back to School After 17 Months
I dropped all four of my kids off at school today. This is significant for SO many reasons. For one thing it's Elle's first time in school. She started half day Kindergarten today! That means for a couple hours all [...]
Baby Elle 5 Months
Here we are on the tippy tail end of Aril and Elle is closer to 6 months than she is to 5, but I haven't posted an update yet. At 5 months she weighed 17 pounds. She is in the top [...]
Messy Blog
Every once in a while I have to do some house keeping on the blog. If you know me, or even if you just note the name of my blog, I am not that great at house keeping. This is [...]