What was supposed to happen was school. Music lessons, math, some geography rabbit trails to botanical gardens around the world.
He Orders Our Days
For the first time since March of 2020, Christopher is traveling. It’s not been the trip he planned, but it’s so clearly been the one…
‘Tis So Sweet
It was two weeks of lessons. Two weeks of hustling everyone (and by everyone, I mean Alice, too) out the door at 10:45 a.m. each…
Priority Tetris
It’s funny how a disruption to routine, well… disrupts your routine. For several years now, I’ve blogged in the wee morning hours, in relative quiet,…
And Soon, Spring
I looked ahead in the extended forecast and saw the most terribly thrilling thing promised: spring.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
I had another one of those interactions this week that I admit left me slightly speechless. I’ll come back to it in a moment. But…
Two Years
Yesterday was the two year anniversary of my mother’s passing. I felt off and tender all day, and was honestly quite grateful when it was…
Cold and Warm and Back Again
Someone recently shared that they felt the temperatures in East Tennessee was something like Powerball: just random numbers thrown out in no particular order. And it’s…
Life is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
I didn’t intend to take a 9 day break from this space. It just sort of… happened. I recently had cause to repeat a line…
And… We’re Back
This week brings nearly all of our normal rhythm back into play, with the added wrinkle of it also being the last week the college…