Every year, I say, “This was a crazy summer!” And every year I mean it, but then the next summer is even crazier, busier, more exciting....

Hey there, my newly nine year old daughter.  I see you.  You’re getting so tall, so mature, so very, very silly.  I love you! You sit at...

This morning I woke up at 6:45 to the sound of my alarm. The kids and I had to go get our passports renewed for an end of summer trip...

That feeling, anxious sweaty palms, as you look across a room for a familiar face. That moment of feeling lost before you find someone. ...

In our house we have ipads, iphones, laptops, the gamut of devices for music and game playing and move watching.  sometimes this causes...

My dad built my sister and me a playhouse when we were little.  We wanted mini furniture and to sleep there at night like the big people...

We have been traveling for six days.  We have seen many interesting things.  We have seen historical things.  We have seen majestic...

My daughter is beautiful.  Yes, I am her mother so I am a bit biased.  But I have also heard others admire her, comment on her pretty...

Be Nice – You put two of any creature together in tight quarters and there will be repercussions.  Sometimes that means good things...

My parents just drove away.  My son and daughter debated for half an hour on the length of their stay, was it twelve or thirteen days...

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day.  You probably thought I should have written a love poem or an Ode to my husband on that day dedicated to...

We maintain the right for any other child to believe in Santa.  I lecture the children almost daily during the Christmas season about not...

From the back seat, “Is Jesus more important at Christmas?”  Oh, my, teach me patience during the holidays.  There are still twenty eight...

Yesterday while shopping, my daughter saw an awful princess chair.  It was plastic and gaudy and ugly.  To her it was a dream.  She had...

My Mother tells a story of when she and my Dad were first married.  While looking for a job, he was browsing through the want ads and...

My sister is having a baby in a couple weeks.  She’s my little sister.  I remember her sitting in the dirt making bottle cap mud pies....

Last weekend my cousin and I threw a baby shower for my sister.  This is not new to us.  We throw parties together on what now seems like...

We keep our windows open at night, trying to get the bit of crisp air that comes through the mountains.  In years past it’s been enough,...

Before I can shut my eyes and fully retreat, there is a tug on my arm, “Mom, remember when we had popsicles, just the other day.” And...

My regular hairdresser runs his business out of a tiny hole in the wall space. I was referred to him by a friend and though on my first...