Our wedding anniversary is June 18th, which happens to fall just before or very near Father’s Day every year. These two occasions are forever linked in my mind because when we were married, the day following our wedding would be the last Father’s Day I celebrated with my dad. I don’t remember buying him a…
This weekend marks two highly anticipated occasions for our family. First, Saturday is the annual Daddy Daughter Dance at a local church, and this will be the second year the Spouse has taken all three girls to this event. {One loves to dress up, one loves to dance, and one goes primarily for the punch…
Last weekend the girls went to a Father-Daughter Valentine’s dance held at the church where the Preschooler attends preschool. This was the first time the Spouse had ever taken all three, and I’m not sure they could have been any more excited about a mid-winter occasion to dress up. I think the Preschooler best summed…
The Spouse is a coffee lover. In fact, I would say that his need for coffee in the mornings immediately follows his need for oxygen. It’s an essential part of his day, almost a sacramental part of his mornings. So, in our nearly eight years of marriage, I have learned to respect his coffee rituals….