Another Sunny Day, Part Two

In follow-up to yesterday’s post, I thought I’d share some photos with you from my newly awakening garden, as I meander through more consideration of light. 
What I was making my way toward yesterday, but ran out of the literary gusto to make myself turn these final thoughts into words, is this: as we close winter’s [...]

Another Sunny Day

I have found myself thinking alot about light today.  About the importance of it.  The neccesity of it.  The joy of it.
The church my family and I attend has amazing stained glass windows along the sides and back of the nave.  When 21-month-old Gabriel becomes antsy half way through the service, Andrew or I walk him [...]

Funny thing…genetics!

Let me preface this post by saying: I TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY!!!
Ok, that being said – it still totally and completely sucks that my dear soul mate and I have moved on to parenting YET ANOTHER child through the throws of purposeful peeing and pooping on the floor.  But this time, there is a direct [...]

Little Miss Artiste

In the days following the release of my book, my 5-year-old daughter has become incrementally interested in creating her own books.
“Maybe I’ll become an author some day!” was her initial response to my hysterics.
“Maybe I’ll write a book right now!”
And off she went, ergonomic crayons and a stack of printer paper in hand.
Her first book: [...]

This just might be the best Thursday in my entire life!

Note to reader: please indulge me by imagining me jumping up and down on a couch while screaming, screeching and hollering the following:

MY BOOK IS HERE!!!
I could have kissed the UPS man, had he not scurried off in such a hurry after dropping the brown, cardboard package on my doorstep this morning…knocking twice, as always, [...]