I like this time of year better than almost any other season. I love October, but I think there’s something especially enchanting about mid-November. The weather is still nice, anticipation for the holidays is building, but the frantic pace of the season has not yet taken hold of everyone. If only we could camp out here for…
Since the Cubs miraculoulsly won the World Series last night {actually early this morning}, I feel like Halloween is old news. But, I have to briefly document the holiday here for the sake of scrapbooking and will totally understand if you need to read more relevant or interesting things today. At least our theme related to the right…
Earlier this week marked the eleventh anniversary of my dad’s passing. I don’t feel like I need to write about it every year. But, it’s certainly something I think about often, and one of my fears as we get further away from his death is that my memories of him may get fuzzier with time. So, these…
Last week in the car, the ever inquisitive First Grader started talking about careers. She loved her teacher last year, she loves her teacher this year, and she just can’t imagine how anyone wouldn’t desire to be a teacher. Her: Why don’t you want to be a teacher? Me: Well, I just don’t think I…