While I love the mild weather and beautiful warm colors of fall, I would rather skip the “ber” months—September, October, November, December—all together. Let’s start with the lack of sunlight. I’m one of those seasonal affective people who needs the sun to be shining in order for me to feel like being productive. I’ve played...
Last year, they gave Ty the only small uniform shirt. It was an ADULT small. We never got the replacement. I think they also lost all of their games…by a lot. At least he had fun. This season was a totally different story. I made sure he got the smallest shirt available, AND his team...
For those of you who don’t know us in real life…or have entered our lives more recently…I sat down to write out a blog-length version of our adoption story recently. I had agreed to it months ago. It was challenging writing it without the narrative being completely colored by where we currently are in our journey....
About a year ago, I was still homeschooling all 6 kids. That really puts life in perspective. A LOT has happened in a year. Last fall, the Tall Ships were back in the Baltimore Harbor for the 200th Anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. We spent multiple days trying to see the...
This post is part of Jen Hatmaker’s “For the Love” Blog Tour which I am delighted to be a part of along with many other inspiring bloggers. To learn more and join us, CLICK HERE. Despite my best intentions, I am being sucked into the Jen Hatmaker vortex. My first intersection with Jen’s writing was through...
[ahy] [kant] [ee-vuh n]: The phrase you use just before going completely and utterly speechless. When your child has to have a doctor’s note at school to have free access to water (ya know, the thing that is second only to oxygen when it comes to your actual survival, let alone learning). I can’t even....
Mia’s 9th Birthday. 2014.
If I was more on top of life, I would have posted this closer to July 4th. Oh well. Last spring, we were welcoming a friend home from Ethiopia and decided to swing by the Lincoln Memorial. Grace has an obsession with Abe, so this trip was mostly for her. It’s not every day you...