When I think of home, I think of fire. The consuming blazes that leave the rolling hills in patches of… Read more Scorched Earth

When I think of home, I think of fire. The consuming blazes that leave the rolling hills in patches of… Read more Scorched Earth
I am a mess. I remember thinking it for the first time when my 2nd grade teacher dumped the contents… Read more This Teacher Changed My Life In a Way She NEVER Intended To…
‘Mom’, he’d exclaimed, ‘you got a swimsuit!’ I hadn’t. I’ve had the same one for ten years. But had… Read more My Son Didn’t Even Know I Had a Bathing Suit…
These Are the Days “Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” – Walt… Read more These Are the Days
The Last 24 Hours With My Kids The last 24 hours with my kids: 1) Last night, encouraging Avery to… Read more The Last 24 Hours With My Kids
‘I Smell Cars’ and Other Poetry I just had the funniest lunch with Harper. She had so much to say… Read more I Smell Cars and Other Poetry
It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. Or as some like to call it: parenting… Read more The Best of Times
This is what trying to get 4 kids under 7 to pose looks like. This is what take-a-lesson-from-your-little-brother-on-how-to-pose looks like.… Read more This Is What Life as a Cherry Looks Like…
On Norah’s first birthday, we fed her an organic mini bran muffin with honey yogurt “frosting” and it was still… Read more Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake