Where did we get this stuff? All of my children have a “goodie drawer.” This is the name I came up with for this special space in their room that contains all the things. All the tiny objects like slap bracelets, stickers, bouncy balls, pencils, tiny plastic squishy animals, etc.…
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A Backyard Summer at Home – No Vacation Fund Needed
“Have any plans this summer?” I have noticed something over the last few years that didn’t exist when I was growing up. Now days when you see someone you haven’t seen in a while, instead of them saying, “Hi, how are you?” I am greeted with, “Hey, what have you…
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The Expectations of Mom
Whole books could be written on the expectations of a mother, or a woman or a father or a man. The list is long. Yet I wonder where these expectations come from, where they are rooted and how we have come to feel them heavy upon us like the waking…
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A Crisis
When starting this blog I had many thoughts on what I wanted to write. Ever since I was little I wanted to write a book. Of course I never knew what I wanted to write about and as an avid reader there are many topics to get entangled in. But…