Rite of Passage
Sunday afternoon I had the great honor of running along side my daughter, trying to keep her from falling off her bike as she shakily attempted to ride it for t...
Sunday afternoon I had the great honor of running along side my daughter, trying to keep her from falling off her bike as she shakily attempted to ride it for t...
I now follow the blogs of many people who have shit all figured out. Or at the very least, they have their shit all figured out. They have found a system or min...
I wrote my “why” post about the PTA, in response to the comment that it seemed like a really joyless venture. Then I realized that in almost 2,000 w...
{Remember how I used to respond to comments? Well I’m doing that again. I think/hope I responded to all the comments on the last two posts, and I plan to ...
I leave for Ecuador a week from tomorrow. I’m in a mild state of panic about it. Mostly I’m just nervous about the unknown. I haven’t been out...
This Sunday my son and I went to a “play date” at one of his friends’ houses from school. I put “play date” in quotation marks bec...
I know I go on and on about minimalism here, about how I want to embrace it but I struggle… about how I don’t think I’m doing as well as I cou...
Sometimes I feel like things in my life align just right to remind me what my priorities are. My cousin has lived and studied in Guatemala on and off for a whil...
Well, my week break is over. I did a much better job managing expectations this time, but I still feel disappointed by what I accomplished. I realize that I nee...
Recently Mel mentioned The Age of Miracles when she was touting another book she loved. Well Dark Matter wasn’t available on Overdrive, but The Age of Mir...