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 […]
Read Post »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.
Read Post »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, […]
Read Post »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 […]
Read Post »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, […]
Read Post »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, […]
Read Post »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 […]
Read Post »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 […]
Read Post »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 […]
Read Post »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 […]
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