It was after 10PM when I found Grace in the kitchen, she’d decided to pack her lunch for the next school day. We chatted for a few minutes before she rushed by me mumbling something about athletic tape and leaving the condiments sitting on the kitchen island. When she returned to the kitchen, roll of tape in hand, I asked her what in the world… Read It

This year I’ve made the resolution to use effort to make my family feel my love. Now, with two teenagers who don’t care to snuggle much with mama, and who would rather stick a hot pitch-fork in their eye before spending too much time with me, that can be a little hard – so I’ve been looking for ways to show them I love them… Read It

I’ve been where you are, oh mother-of-a-two-year-old, only days after the Christmas Holiday, surrounded by left over Christmas decorations, bloated from too much broccoli and cheese casserole in a pile of noisy toys from the in-laws, toys that you pretend the batteries are dead in, toys that you put up in the closet to re-gift next year because you can’t take the pain of their… Read It

Nothing has made me happier this week than watching this video over, and over, and over again.   Thanks to Baldy for forcing me to watch it the first time earlier in the week. (source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpBL5JsMiYw) Read It

Turning 17 this month, and still never too old to sit in mama’s lap. (ignore the mess, we just unwrapped gifts)     Read It

I knew it would be a rough morning, the kids returned to school today after a 18 day break for the Holidays, Bald Lover was home for much of that, too. We didn’t do a whole lot of report worthy and exciting things, but we chilled as a family, had movie nights, had amazing fancy dinners at my favorite restaurant, joked, laughed and argued. This… Read It