It’s no secret that I have a love-hate relationship with my to-do list. I entirely depend on it to do my thinking for me, yet I rage against the unreasonable demands it makes. One day, in the midst of a big fight with my planner, I paused to read a gorgeous post by Julie Bel […]
Why I’ll Never Regret Dyeing My Hair Blue
We play it pretty tame around here. Our wildest nights consist of deciding to start an episode of the fantastically addictive Orange is the New Black after 8pm. I’m sadly not joking. So when I trekked off to BlogU the weekend before last and came home with blue hair, it was of note. Not of […]
The Everyday Choice
Over the weekend, my sister and I made a bold move–WE LEFT THE HOUSE. I know, I know. And it gets even more unbelievable when I tell you what we did: we went to a movie theater to see a grown-up movie. Like, not something animated by Pixar. Again, I know. And while I wouldn’t typically cite Pitch […]
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
I write a lot about working hard to accept our age and stage in this life, probably because it’s one of the things I struggle with the very most on a day-to-day basis. It never seems fair. Or right. Or like it makes sense. It is that odd 12 minutes you have in between herding children […]
Pioneer Days
Recently, things got rather basic around here. And by basic, I mean that remembering to brush teeth was a solid victory. Chaos left us scrambling to make sense of necessities while sleep was relegated to a fanciful indulgence. One sweet result of the fun was some precious family time. Another gift was a brilliant revelation that came to me while […]
The Other Side of Monday
A couple weeks ago, I shared about a rather low spot I found myself in, one which included vehemently slamming my minivan into the garage door. I won’t lie, it was a neat time. And delightfully, for my husband and kids the fun hasn’t quit. It’s been two straight weeks of “Mommy’s in a mood” around these parts. Somehow that […]
Still Here
It was three years ago today that my mom died. It’s been a pretty full time. Throw in all the missing, sweet remembering, anger, acceptance and a bunch of impossibly unfair questions like, “Why did you leave me?”, and there’s been a sizable emotional roller coaster looping around. Mostly, though, these years have been full of […]
Hang with the Band and Score Some Free iTunes!
This post is sponsored by the band Simple Tenants. On so many of these desperate days of motherhood, when the backpacks are mysteriously lost and the toast is utterly burnt, the tether to my faith is the worship music blaring through my iPod. While my mind is scattered and our days crazed, the grounding beat […]
Safe Landing Spot
Sometimes (pretty often, to be honest), I look at my life and feel stymied by the weight of things. Of the busyness, the endless tasks, the remembering to send my son’s library book back on the proper day and review the new spelling words the optimal number of times each week. It can be heavy. It can […]
Save Me from this Winter Plague!
I’d chance it to say that winter and I are developing a non-compatible relationship. While the freezing temps, icy roads, and endless cabin fever are adorable in and of themselves, it’s their accompanying plague of sickness that thrills me less. The past two years, we’ve been hit, and hit hard. There was last Christmas in […]
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