Be Nice To My Friend

Be Nice To My Friend

“Do I want to own this?” It’s a great phrase to repeat to yourself when you clean out your house, but it also reminds me of a conversation via text a friend and I had back and forth last night. She said, “If that person knew the train wreck I am like you do, she...
Soul Squeaky Clean

Soul Squeaky Clean

The drawer of my refrigerator finally wouldn’t open.  It was officially stuck.  As nasty as this sounds, an opened can of orange juice concentrate had spilled four months ago, and I kept meaning to clean off the sticky muck and yet I just didn’t get around to it.  So...
The Missing Piece

The Missing Piece

There are so many things that I love doing with my kids, but I have to be honest….  sometimes playing pretend makes me want to poke my eyeballs out.  I know… this sometimes makes me feel like a total loser mom, but even when I was little, pretending that Barbie...
Let’s Not Forget

Let’s Not Forget

Let us not forget as the water recedes and the news fades, Those who are feeling hopeless. Those who have faced their greatest fear, looked it in the eye, and watched it come true. Let us not forget Those who have lost all sense of normal. Those who have lost their...
March Madness

March Madness

Today is the first day of March Madness!  For us, this might as well be a calendar established holiday, because we have created traditions behind it that make it unique and my family looks forward to it every year.   March Madness for those of you who are not...