Last week a friend of mine suffered a tremendous loss when her 47-year old husband passed away suddenly. It was the kind of searing loss that leaves one speechless, and a little more unsure of all we think is certain. It reminded me of losing my own dad eight years ago without any opportunity to…
Last week the 1st Grader was given a science project assignment to make a fossil egg of a pterosaur. Now, the thing about me overseeing science projects is that I’m not really a science person. I can do math all day. I love art. I even enjoy English. But, I just don’t get excited about…
Well, it’s hard to know what to wear or what to do around here lately since it could be anywhere from twenty to seventy degrees, all in the course of twenty-four hours. Last weekend was spring-like, but yesterday the Preschooler told me she was “as cold as a frozen pickle.” That’s really cold. Despite the yo-yoing temps,…
We are now seven years into parenting. At the risk of sounding incredibly naive, can I say that I thought parenting would become more natural, more fluid, a bit easier as the years went by? Yet, this is anything but the case. In some ways, with each passing year I realize how many more things…