Last year I started a tradition. But I guess it’s really not a tradition if I only did it once, is it? My plan was to write each year around my birthday about Motherhood. The specific way that I mother. Because I wish with all my heart I had that record of my mother. I…
We are home. Back to the familiar things we longed for while we were gone: Our own beds. Lucy’s stuffed-bunny-who-wears-a-dress and who delights her to no end. A grocery store and Costco around the corner. Back-to-school night notices and orientation schedules the kids were anxious about (but that make us all a little nauseous). My…
I am thankful for visitors. Especially when those visitors are my brother and his fam. They are moving from smack-dab in the middle of New York City across the country to Los Angeles. And although I’m a little sad that we won’t be able to crash with them and their three kids in their teeny…
Growing up, I’m sure I helped my mom in the kitchen. I mean, I was second of nine kids…I’m sure she needed help from time to time. And really, how else would I have emerged into real life knowing how to make things like chicken cordon bleu and eggs Benedict? But I don’t remember it….
I like to get things done. I look at the overwhelming stacks of papers and childrens’ school work and endless things to schedule staring at me from my desk and feel that I can’t function ’til it’s gone. I brace myself and bulldoze my way through piles of laundry. I zoom to and from lessons…
Although I haven’t written anything about it, I have been working hard on my “one word” for 2010: FOCUS. I determined when I picked this word that I would focus on different things each month so that I wouldn’t be overwhelmed with all I wanted to focus on this year. I mean, seriously, you can’t…
I kind of skipped over Valentine’s Day…and I really shouldn’t do that because it’s one of my favorite holidays. There’s nothing like having a whole day to reflect on how full your heart is. And mine is SO full. I adore my friends. I adore my growing-up family:(This is a super cheesy picture we took…
We do gingerbread houses each year before Christmas. It’s fun for all of us, but I must say that the person who loves it most is our candy-holic:In her book, the more candy you can stick on there any which-way, the better. Just drench that gingerbread in the sugary goodness.This year we did our decorating…