I never aspired to be a special needs teacher. I wasn’t one of those girls in high school or college who felt a tug towards…
Willful
Someone in this house– I won’t say who– is currently straining the bounds of goodwill. This person is small, so a good dollop of grace…
{Work in Progress Wednesday}
“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches;…
Not broken
One of my favorite drinking glasses got a chip in it. It was a gift– a set of four– from my in-laws. They are the…
It’s messy
Birdie already knows that all good fairy tales– the ones where the rules are broken and reality is suspended and that pony can finally, finally…
Frenemies
These two. Right now, they are best friends … and perfect enemies. They play beautifully, pretending to be an owner looking for a lost puppy,…
On full quivers
If I could change one thing about the way I’m perceived as a mom of many, it wouldn’t be the intrusive, assumptive questions about my…
Feeding the people {a 2 week menu with links}
Yeah, we’ve got a lot of mouths to feed. We also entertain a couple of times a week. Combine those two elements and you have…
On saying yes
Now that he’s crossed the magical first year threshold, Simon has decided that he is big. Not that he ever thought he was little. Simon…
Why Nepal?
We were introduced at a church on Sunday. We weren’t there to present our work or even speak about Nepal. Instead, we were there as…