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Hipster lesson
Lately, I feel more and more out of touch. I realize that is what often happens as generations pass, but there are things I just don’t get. It may have always been like this for those living in the 2nd...
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It’s in the perspective
During our recent pre-move purge, there were times that I experienced near euphoria when I unloaded a certain piece of furniture that had become somewhat of an albatross around the neck type situation...
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Whose dirt is it?
Warning: to my conscientious proficient house-cleaning friends, this may really gross you out and you may want to opt out of reading. Much of my recent weeks have been consumed with the cleaning and...
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Transitions and mother guilt
I have a close friend of twenty plus years, and we have traveled through many parenting stages, challenges and joys together. Whenever we begin to criticize or beat ourselves up in front of the other,...
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A well loved fish
My writing life has had to lie fairly dormant during this season of change and move and settling. Thankfully, we now have all of our furniture and can see the light at the end of the “making this place...
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Ms. Angela
We had just moved to town and wanted a safe and loving place to send our 4 year old eldest son to preschool. A friend of a friend steered us toward a place. Inside that place was a vivacious,...
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Halloween step up
“Mom, we have GOT to step up our Halloween game” has slipped through our oldest daughter’s lips on several occasions since our recent move. Of our five children, she is the most interested in mystery,...
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Ebola angst
Mercy Kennedy, 9, cries Thursday Oct. 2, 2014. as community activists approach her outside her home on 72nd SKD Boulevard in Monrovia, Liberia, a day after her mother was taken away by an ambulance to...
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Terror, ponder and grace
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 This post comes during a great deal of pondering. I am no Mary, but these words have spoken to me. This story is...
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Halloween treats
Halloween marked two weeks since our girl took a long fall from a tree. We returned to the concussion clinic and received the gracious news that she is “back to normal” in all brain measurable ways....
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In the middle
Life is settling back down in our home, and our older daughter today participated in a rite of passage – first middle school dance. Daughter was invited to a friend’s house to hang out and get ready...
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Sucked in
A few weekends back, our oldest girl got the chance to hang out with two of her closest elementary school friends. In earlier days, they often spent time bouncing on our trampoline together. On this...
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A Christmas truce, part 1
Background: During our early married years, a beloved aunt gave us several pieces of the Dickens’ Christmas village. I mentioned to my husband that it would be fun to have one or two more pieces of...
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A Christmas truce, part 2
Part 1 of this series told a story in which my husband and I were on opposing sides. This story places us squarely on the same side and in need of throwing up the white flag hand in hand. Our family...
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A tale of two stockings
When I was a baby, a family friend made this stocking for me. This felt creation inspired a tradition as my mom made a similar one for each member of my growing up family. The stocking creation...
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Convicted
Christmas stocking update: my boy returned it to me and said, “now you have to erase your blog”. I won’t do that as I still think there is a lot of symbolism there. On to my new year’s focus. I don’t...
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Reflect, don’t fix
As alluded to in my last blog, my 2015 focus is two part. The second part is a relationship shift that I desire to be more mindful about as I interact with those I love. I recently shared this thought...
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Things change
On Sunday afternoon, I was leaning up against the back of the bleachers at the indoor soccer center and soaking in this: (apologies for the poor picture quality – it was an in the moment inspiration...
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Gratitude vs. Grumpiness
In North Carolina when it snows or sleets or ices, it is an event. Friends and family who live in colder climates often shake their heads as we report that several inches of white stuff can easily shut...
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Sex talk
“Their parents never talked about anything, so they want to talk about everything.” Modern family’s Alex Dunphy on the topic of her parents and sex It would not be fair to say that my own parents never...
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