I wrote this blog post on Alli’s 18th birthday almost half a year ago, but never published it. There are a LOT of emotions that go into having a child turn 18, and we’ve been on a bit of a wild ride since that time that we are still working out. But as I re-read… Continue reading It’s Okay to Blink – thoughts from 8/2/2016
Oh my, this arrow #5 keeps me on my toes. Just today, she decided to pee on the front step. Yes, pee. She also spilled a full glass of milk at dinner, she played with play-dough on my couch, got crumbs in my bed, and as you can see from the photo, she put a… Continue reading Mighty and Three
What a year! In 2016, I… Started a new job Weaned a baby Turned 40 in style Traveled to Scottsdale, Palm Springs, Big Bear, Chicago, Michigan, Philadelphia, Delaware, upstate New York, Vermont, the Berkshires in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and all 5 boroughs of NYC Survived my first child getting a driver’s license and second… Continue reading Farewell, 2016
For 17.75 years now, one of my many job duties as a mom has been taxi driver. I’ve shuttled my kids back and forth to 13 schools, ballet lessons, soccer practice, drama/acting classes, cheer practice, babysitting jobs, work, church activities, and COUNTLESS sleepovers/playdates/social activities. With the addition of the babies I have been so burned… Continue reading Confessions of a Retired Taxi Driver
Most mornings, I’m up as soon as I can be and trying to get some time in at work before my mommy gig starts. This morning I had 90 glorious minutes and was on a roll! I had one more order to finish up and pack so I could catch my breath, when little Finley… Continue reading Don’t Go To Work
When I see them playing together, I wonder how much longer…how much longer until the baby on the left is too big and old and cool to play with the baby on the right. She’s turning 12 this summer and starting 7th grade. She goes to the mall with her friends and snap chats and… Continue reading How Much Longer
Somehow, there’s both no way you can prepare enough and no way you can prepare too much for motherhood. It’s some of the things you expect it will be with a million surprises thrown in. It’s exciting and tedious, funny and depressing, exhausting and exhilarating. It breaks your heart and makes you whole, brings out… Continue reading On motherhood…
We have two “sets” of kids. Our first set consists of our older four kiddos, born in less than a six year span during our first seven years of marriage. Our second set is what we all lovingly refer to as “the babies.” They are just over two years apart. In between those sets of… Continue reading Mind the Gap
It’s hard to believe this little guy of ours is now a pretty big guy, ready to start high school in just 4 months. For his birthday he wanted a guitar so we went shopping today and let him pick one out. He’ll be taking guitar as a class in high school this coming school… Continue reading Corbin is 14!
Half a Dozen Arrows 