Four years ago, when I started this blog, I looked for other blogs that I thought would be comparable to mine. I didn’t see many so I… Read more “It’s just so hard”

I think I’m a miserable failure. I don’t think I got this mom thing right at all. I don’t know how to fix it. The temperatures this… Read more “I Flunked and now I’m a Momster!”

Thoughtless. It’s what I named one of my blogs a couple of weeks ago and it got me to thinking. In my Thoughtless blog I talked about how Claire… Read more “The biggest impact”

I was sitting at my computer writing and texting back and forth with one of my favorite friends. We were in the process of  discussing health challenges… Read more “An Amazing Mama”

The five of us huddled around my laptop on the kitchen counter, every now and again glancing at the forward movement of the clock. A video of… Read more “Hellos and Goodbyes”

This morning I came downstairs to the best surprise. Every morning I have the same routine. The rabbit gets fed first and then the cats get fed,… Read more “Thoughtless”

Over Christmas break I pulled a sweet, tattered piece of paper out of the cabinet where it has been taped ever since September of 2007. Claire was… Read more “Inside or Outside”

Another Christmas day has come and gone. This is the first Christmas without my dad. It was a different one, to be sure, but I think we… Read more “It’s the precious, little things”

We recently had a milestone birthday in our house. Lucas was born November 6, 1998 at 7:04 in the morning. His was my favorite birth story. There… Read more “Whirl your dervish”

I think I’m a terrible example for my kids. I laugh at times when I probably shouldn’t. I encourage my kids in areas of humor that are… Read more “Confession….”