Maybe one day…
An excerpt from my conversation with my eldest after I picked her up from school yesterday:
An excerpt from my conversation with my eldest after I picked her up from school yesterday:
With the holidays barely behind us and a new year already upon us, I feel the need this year more than ever to make some resolutions that I can immediately accompany with action steps. These need to be more than grandiose goals I jot down in a journal or wistful longings I have to “be…
“Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength… It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.” ~ Charles Spurgeon Here it is only the first week in November and I find myself feeling a little bit overwhelmed and headed straight…
Like much of the rest of the world, I have a few resolutions or at least things I’d like to work on doing better this year. One of the areas I need improvement in is fitness. We froze our gym membership for the fall, but as of January 1st it is unfrozen and ready to…
Since we’re all still adjusting to life with a newborn, I thought it would be fun to get out of the house and do something special with just the “big” girls. So, over the weekend we took them to see Disney on Ice. The Preschooler put her favorite crown on and was ready to go:…
I remember when the Kindergartener and especially when the Preschooler arrived at the age and stage where they started expressing themselves with a little more emotion… more gusto. A little bit of attitude started to rear its ugly head. I’d say most all mothers remember when their children arrived at this point because it changes everything. And,…
We are a few days away from our oldest one’s high school graduation. I’ve been hesitant to write about graduation in general for several reasons, maybe the biggest being that I don’t want to tie a bow on it and be done with this season. I know this event doesn’t mark an ending as much…