With Basketball tournaments filling the first half of our Summer…Iowa came later than usual. I was worried about trying to tack a big trip in at the end of the Summer…and my anxieties about having to make the long trek home and then start school a few days later are lurking behind my heart beat […]
It’s 3:15 in the morning. And I’m clearly not asleep. All I can do…is look at the bright side. I’m sitting in the middle of my house and it’s so quiet…that I could hear a pin drop. And that never happens. In fact…even the sound of the keyboard click, click, clicking away seems loud. That […]
Well…this school year came and happened. I was just posting on that first day of school…when the sky was the limit…and there were lots of unknown hopes and dreams of what would become of the 8th, 6th, and 4th grades. The first day of school is filled with such promise. “You have brains in your […]
You’ve seen whispers of her… tiny images of an angel, here and there. Yesterday, our family changed forever. Yesterday, we were called into a court room to meet a family. And the love my heart feels for this family has grown it, stretched it, and purposed it. I looked into the eyes of a mother […]
I’m all, “Hmmmmm…what to say after so long???” There are all kinds of holes in my story now…un-recorded memories and experiences. My girls learned to snow ski in Breckenridge, Colorado for Heaven’s sake. And all I have to show for it are a few Instagram posts…and worse…Facebook photos. “Shudder.” I hate it when…because of busyness […]
Merry Christmas From our Family to Yours. outtakes: Have yourself a merry little Christmas… Let your heart be light. From now on…our troubles will be out of sight. So…have yourself…a merry little Christmas now. **** Words I’m living by this Holiday season. Sending love out there tonight. To you…and you…and yours.
Annslee: “I know what I’m gonna wish for for Christmas this year!!!” Me: “What??” Annslee: “My lucky day!!!!!!!!” Go for it, Sugar Plum. **** This year, Annslee is 5 years old. And I’ve decided that 5 years old is my favorite age to watch celebrate Christmas. She’s all in. Everything is amazing to her. She […]
Halloween was like a Norman Rockwell image this year. I am longing for simpler times. I can’t help myself. And lately…I have been pleasantly surprised at how frequently I capture an image of my life in my mind and realize how neatly it fits into an old Rockwell or Kinkade painting. Case in point. Sure…important […]
October is already in full swing and I haven’t even located my orange storage container with the black lid yet. I’ve kinda scaled back. In an o.k. way. I’m paying more attention and answering the question, “Is that what I want to spend my time and energy on?” I am being more selective. I am […]
Chase is 12. Which is crazy. Like…really crazy. And to keep from getting overly emotional about his last year of non-teenagerness…I’ve decided to just not dwell on numbers this year. At all. Which works out great for me…because on October 24th…I turn an ungodly number that I have very negative connotations with. But that’s enough […]