Just over a year ago, I turned in my letter of resignation and embarked on this journey of SAHMomming two kids. And now here I am, with only one week left with both of them here. If Prufrock measured out his life in coffee spoons, in just one more week, I’m going to be measuring…
it is well with my soul
A great day
Today was a great day. There’s been a lot of not great around here this week. Cranky kids and a cranky mom and we were all just cranky. “Grumpos,” as Joshua has taken to calling us. And he was right. But not today. Today was the kind of day my heart needed. The kind of…
Lucky Number Seven
It’s been seven years since I stepped into the sunlight on an unusually blistering afternoon in May wearing a white dress that weighed what felt like 20 pounds. Seven years since we said “I Do” in front of friends and family and then ate cake and drank punch and drove off toward our shared future….
Day Out With Thomas
Joshua discovered Thomas the Tank Engine when he was 18 months old. “Ta Ta!” he’d shout, as he monstered around the house. We have no idea where he first learned about Thomas the Tank Engine, only that he did. It has been a love affair that, over the years, hasn’t died. His favorite varies from time…
Acceptable Snacking
So, apparently I complain a lot and some people don’t think I like motherhood? Or staying home with my kids? Yeah. That was news to me, too. “Parenting is a human experience,” as Jill so eloquently put it, and I was just being human. The thing is I love this gig better than any 9…