motherhood

Today is the day: Official GRADUATION day for Claire. The forecast says it’s going to be 107 so yeah. Be thinking of us sitting in that football stadium all squished together and appreciate your A/C a little extra for us! Ha! In some ways all this graduation ruckus feels strange…

My parents speak about parenting all over the world, and I know I’m a little biased, but they have some good material:) One of the stories they tell is from one summer up at Bear Lake. We were at Sunday school in Dingle, Idaho (that’s where we go to church…

This year I gave myself a Mother’s Day gift. I didn’t realize it was going to be a gift when it happened. You see, I was using my phone too much. I’m sure I’m not alone in this, right? Those phones can be magnets I tell you! And to be…

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! Some thoughts for the day: “Homemaking is surely in reality the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government, etc. exist for except that people may be fed, warmed and safe in their own homes?…The homemaker’s job is one for which all…

Let’s go back in time just a few years. Because I feel compelled to repost some Mother’s Day thoughts that made me tear up this morning. Especially Lucy’s little solo. How can it possibly be that this was only a few years ago??? (original post is back HERE, and goes…

I know your family has a lot of traditions and routines. What traditions did you start when they were young? Or which do you wish you would have started? Oh the answer to this question could be very long and lengthy. Especially as I am in a time of life…

Sometimes I feel like the Rapunzel’s “fake” mother Gothel at the end of Tangled when Flynn Rider (Eugene) cuts off Rapunzel’s magical hair and that old wicked woman realizes her youth is going to fly out the window. She grasps onto it with every ounce of her soul. Oh! She…

I am always on a quest to create more organization in my life. Is it just me, or are most mothers on that same journey? I feel like if I can just tame my inbox or keep up with the paper that spills into this house or get better routines…

Lately I’ve been thinking about interruptions. Because there have been a LOT of them! Perhaps that is because my brain seems foggy these days, and there are so many things coming at it I have a hard time focusing. Maybe if I had less interruptions I could stick to my…

I’ve always wanted to learn to play the cello. I’m not sure why, but I’m pretty sure the old movie Electric Dreams had something do do with it (I know, weird, but I think there was a beautiful cello player who inspired me). Ha! Isn’t it so interesting what kinds…