Our first “MFMP” trip is in the books. A Mother/daughter art “treasure hunt” in Italy. What is that, you may ask? Well, I have talked about our “MFME” mother/daughter gatherings in the past. MFME stands for “Mothers and Future Mothers of Eyrealm.” My mother wrangles us all, sisters and sisters-in-laws, and we do something together….
This Mother’s Day I was so grateful for a yellow dress and for technology. The yellow dress thing was that Lucy came into my bathroom before our early church dressed in a different dress than the one she insists on wearing every single Sunday. Sure, she had it on inside out and her head through…
Last summer I found a new favorite painting. I mentioned it before, but have never come back to write about it. Because life gets in the way. But I have been teary thinking about it this week leading up to Mother’s Day, as I have been contemplating the “elongated arms of motherhood.” Bear with me…
I really thought I could get this all in one blog post, but alas, I ran out of time yesterday. The first part of this adventure is back in that post, but here’s what we did on the South Island of New Zealand. Adventure amped up on the South Island Flying in through the giant…
Since it’s April I better get my booty in gear and get our “2024 Snapshot” published! I like to do this at the beginning of each year so I can freeze that “moment” in time. I want to remember how it felt right here and now when I’m looking back some day. Let’s start with…
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Before all these details fade from my memory forever, let’s talk about how to make the most of three days in Rome. Because in our opinion, after so much research and what felt like blood and sweat and tears, we kinda nailed it. Ha! As a refresher, since it’s taken me a while to get…
This was perhaps one of the most exciting thing for the girls on this section of this trip. A great way to see Rome — a vespa tour. Grace, our Rome tour guide had really pushed for this one. And oh, these girls were pretty filled with anticipation for that thing. Now, let’s get this…
Tomorrow I’m working to wrap up documenting the tail-end of our MFMP trip. The part where we visited ROME. I kind of dropped the ball as things ramped up to get Claire off on her mission. But oh how I want to remember all these things we experienced together before the details fade with the…