It’s raining outside, rain that comes down in sheets and plasters the grass down into the dirt and washes the sidewalk clean. The...

My little girl is made up of all these little bits of trying. I tell her, “you can’t go back into the deep end until you’re comfortable...

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...

I loved being pregnant.  The heaviness in my belly.  The thought of this tiny growing thing that I could nurture just by being me.  All...

We didn’t mean to raise a mutton bustin’, mountain climbing, trail riding girl. Her first words were mama and dada just like any other...

This morning, my children reminded me it was picture day. They said we wouldn’t get the class picture if I didn’t turn in the special...

My husband has a mantra he repeats with the kids a few times a week as needed, “What does life take?” And the kids answer back,...

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

It’s cold outside.  We used to live in Wisconsin, not that kind of cold.  But for those of us living in mild Colorado climes, it’s cold. ...

I will confess, however, that in the back of my mind I had this idea that once school started life as we knew it would end.  Sure, life...

There has been a lot said about raising nice kids.  And I approve.  I think a nice kid is a BIG deal!  But it’s not the end goal… See, a...

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

A couple weeks ago my son came home and said some kids at school sometimes call each other bad names.  A parent’s worst fear, I asked...

I belong to a small women’s group that ranges in life experience from the very young to those that have grown children and everything in...

Showers taken, teeth brushed, kisses and prayers given, each in their own bed, I go off towards my own room when I hear one of them call...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here.  I could say it’s because I didn’t have much to say, that wouldn’t be true.  I could...

Today ended the first week of school for my second and fourth graders.  Many of you are experiencing the same thing right now.  That...

We go camping once a year, one night in a tent.  Dirty and smelling of smoke the next morning, we wake up too early, pack as fast as we...

Our lives are getting busier.  It’s already July and I feel as though the summer is over.  My calendar is full until the day school...