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…
I’ve heard people speak of “ladies who lunch” in reference to women who regularly go out to cafes, tea rooms, and other such eateries for leisurely lunches together. I imagine those are fun. But, here at our place, we have another type of ladies lunch going on every day around noon. Only our lunches are…
I am not an expert on much, if anything. I certainly won’t be writing any books on parenting, cooking, crafting, decorating, or fitness. But, if there is a topic I know a good bit about it is anxiety. I haven’t studied it or been to seminars on it, but I have lived with it for…
So far, this has not been the summer of my best creative efforts. In years past I’ve been more intentional about having the girls color, paint, or do artsy things in the mornings. But, this season we spend almost every morning at the pool for swim practice. Granted I don’t get in the pool most…
Fairly routinely the girls like to stir up conversations about mine or the Spouse’s childhood. It amuses them to think about what it was like growing up in the days before smartphones, iPads, and on-demand television. So, last week I was talking to them about how my early childhood TV was a huge piece of…
Yesterday I did something I should have been doing for several years now. Something simple, yet so incredibly difficult. I went by the nursing home just a few blocks down from our house. I’m familiar with this nursing home for many reasons. I drive by it at least once a day. My grandmother lived there…