Just the other day, I caught myself saying to a friend, “I’m exhausted; I’m just waiting for the day when our schedule slows down a bit,” and as I said it, I realized that the only thing that is going to slow our schedule down is if I stop filing every free moment. But…
Connor started writing his first cookbook today: Connor’s Famous Recipes. So far, he has dictated three recipes for inclusion in his masterpiece: Very Good Milk Cookies, Famous Center Mix, and Bread. Very Good Milk Cookies 2 cups of milk 3 tsp. of sugar 3 cups of flour 1 cup coconut milk Cook for 30…
Friday, April 27, 2001: We woke, headed to work, rushed home and drove to our next to last Bradley Natural Childbirth class. On the way home, we stopped to pick up a pizza. Pizza after Bradley Class had become a fun Friday tradition. As we sat watching Emeril and eating pizza, a ripple moved across…
Ryan will be nine in just over three weeks. I can write those words, I can read them, I can say them… but I still can not BELIEVE them! After convincing him we would NOT buy him another LEGO set for his birthday, Ryan decided what he would really like this year is a new…
With the advent of e-mail and text messages, the art of the hand-written thank-you note seems to have become a thing of the past. Somehow, however, e-mails and text messages just don’t convey the same feelings as a thoughtfully hand-penned note that can be held in your hands, read again and again, and cherished for…
Teresa over at NanaHood has been featuring a series entitled “Less of Me” this month on her blog. In addition to her own posts, she has showcased stories of other women and ways they have found to focus more on others and less on themselves. And guess what… today, my story is featured. I’ve written…