I forget things all the time.  It didn’t used to be this way.  I used to be excellent at remembering.  Well, with the exception of . . . I forget […]

I have been a mom for thirteen years. I find this hard to believe. But time goes fast and if you have a toddler, blink blink, tomorrow they will be a teenager.

The holidays were never hard until they were hard. Christmas was the season where everything felt right.  It was magic when I was little, consistent and comforting in my teens, […]

image / Elisabeth Heier I’ve never been one to cheat on Thanksgiving.  It’s always felt at bit two-timey, to me, to put a tree up before that thankful Thursday.  Everything, feels […]

It’s funny how some things feel like they will never change.  Seasons that seem like they will never end. Winter.  Winter.  Winter. Hot summer.  Hot summer.  Hot summer. And then, […]

Everyone knows Jr. High can be the most awkward years.  Sometimes the most painful (in terms of your growing years).  I didn’t mind Jr. High that much, actually.  I had my hard days, […]

You are four.  I don’t have any pretty words or ways to say this except that I’m not OK with this.  I like that you can use the potty and […]

I sneak out to Starbucks  to type and write and find silence while sitting next to seventy five others having community and conversations all around me.  I’m pretty good about […]

If you are like me, then everything is last minute.  Presents, planning and picking up.  I wish It wasn’t true, but it seems to be the pace during this phase […]

little la la, yesterday, in chicago, you told me your name isn’t la la.  i’m not sure if you rolled your eyes, but i rolled mine.  my jr. high self […]