My husband and I have something of a recurring conversation when we get the girls to sleep each night. As we respond to emails and text threads, go over schedules and appointments, and scroll through our phones, it feels like we keep coming back around to the same questions. “How can we slow down? Where…
The calendar may read May 31, but the heat and humidity make it feel like summer is well underway. It always takes me some time to adjust to our new normal when school is out. The house is busier and the days are longer. Things are certainly more entertaining, but writing gets tricky. Yesterday afternoon…
We’ve not been getting much sleep around here lately. The 1st Grader has been sick with sinus congestion and a low-grade fever for a week now. For the past several nights the Spouse and I have taken turns helping her blow her nose and checking on her rapid breathing at different intervals. I’m hoping she…
On Tuesday night of this week I hauled the 4th Grader and the 1st Grader across town for a football game so the older one could cheer. The 1st Grader was tired from a long day at school and was in no mood to be a cooperative spectator on metal bleachers in 90 degree heat:…