This Isn't Forever
Friday morning I was sitting at my dining room table fighting back tears. I felt emotionally and physically exhausted and overwhelmed by...
It Takes A Little Time
I don’t have a whole lot of experience with gardens and I know next to nothing about plants. But I am married to someone who knows about...
Enjoy Every Minute
I have this vivid memory of standing outside the church one hot July morning. I was pacing with a screaming newborn, hoping that the...
Gold Stars
My husband and I recently went away for a long weekend. It was glorious. I drank my coffee while it was hot each morning, didn’t cook...
The Long Way Home
I went through a very hard season my junior year of high school. I felt betrayed and abandoned by people in my life that it had never...
Denial and Obsession
The other day my kids discovered this massive spider sitting outside on a cooler we had used the day before. It was huge. It had a...
The Good and The Bad
This weekend was Memorial Day weekend, and it was filled with so many things I love. We celebrated my daughter’s birthday, spent time...
Two Questions
May is an insane month. The end of the school year, spring sports, and closing programs for various activities. It’s finally not...
It's Complicated
My first child was born a few days before Mother’s Day. I remember that Mother’s Day so clearly. I was just in awe of his tiny, perfect...
What Am I Saying?
Today is my firstborn’s ninth birthday. Nine. I swear I was pregnant with him for nine years; the actual past nine years have flown by....
