Joshua, my best boy and pioneer child, has developed a new habit in the mornings. Actually, both of the kids have developed this habit. They start every day in the bed with me. Sometimes they come crawling in as early as 4:45 (too early) or as late as 7:15 (which might still be too early,…
it is well with my soul
Calm in the Chaos
Sometimes I reach breaking points with my anxiety and those times are always inopportune. Today was one of those days. We’re on a Super Mario Bros./Yo Gabba Gabba/Despicable Me 2/Goldfish crackers overload because of Winter break and Freezemageddon and the chaos in my brain has been threatening to overwhelm me all day long. I couldn’t shake…
Down By The River
The kids and I took a little Labor Day road trip to visit my family down by the Georgia coast. Saturday we had a big family cookout. (So much food.) It was good to get away for a few days and see aunts and uncles and cousins we don’t see very often. It felt good…
31 letters 31 Weeks
In an attempt to feel sort of normal and get life closer to the track again, I sat down at our hand-me-down dining room table last Monday morning with a cup of coffee and a good pen to write and mail out 4 more letters for the #31letters31weeks “campaign.” I almost hate calling this a…
Got To Get You Into My Life
I’m old enough to remember the beginning of the Internet. Like, the old-school whooshing and whirring and buzzing and beeping sent across the home phone line. The home phone line which someone would inevitably pick up, knocking me offline and forcing me to start over. I remember bulletin boards. And chat rooms. I know what…