I don't make New Year's resolutions for one very specific reason. A year is too long. I do really well for the first couple days, maybe even a few weeks, but then life pushes those ideas and thoughts to the back of my mind and I forget. I forget that I wanted to write so much … [Read more...]
Our 2015 Four Gift Christmas
There are a few cool ideas out there for how to give gifts to your children for Christmas. And by that, I mean if you want to have a certain number, or a meaning behind the gifts. Not how to wrap them up and hand them over. Hopefully, you can figure that part … [Read more...]
My Monthly Quotation Motivation
We have a large whiteboard hanging in our dining room. I use this for a variety of things: my grocery list, our family wish list for larger items, my weekly cleaning list, the boys' piggy bank totals (they like to keep track of how much they have). But a few months ago, I also … [Read more...]
Little Things And Big Things
I sat down to write our yearly Christmas "brag" letter. I stared at the cursor blinking on the screen. I typed a few words, erased, tried again. I didn't know what to say. We didn't do anything this year. Nothing remarkable. We didn't take any huge trips. No new … [Read more...]
My Last Baby, But
Today is my baby's first birthday. She's my last baby, but. The last one. But. I'm ninety-nine percent (almost certain, nearly positive) that we're done. But. I just can't quite bring myself to say it with any finality. Part of it is physical. My pregnancy with … [Read more...]
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