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Slipping Through My Fingers
This song never fails to reduce me to a puddle of tears by the third line. If you've not heard it, it's well worth the time to listen....
May 22, 20212 min read


Saying Yes to the Best
The heavens declare the glory of God! This is the view above my head as I write. The past week has been so full of classes, travel, and...
May 16, 20212 min read


Baseline Clean
I talked a couple days ago about setting my priorities up to get done early in the day, not later. Though I was negligent in actually...
Apr 26, 20212 min read


Ice Cream After a Test
Sunny. 78 degrees. A perfect day for passing the real estate exam for our state, which is just what I did. That's been the big test for...
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Driving Over the Dam Road
Spring Break has been a bit of a disappointment for Kal and Kara, at least that is the way it seems. We haven't gone to fabulous places. ...
Apr 2, 20213 min read


We Don't Draw Butts
I have these notebooks I started for my kids when they were babies. It's where I write down special or funny things they do, or...
Apr 1, 20212 min read


Slow Saturday
My sewing pile shrank just a bit today after I mended and made a few items that were at the top of the stack including a new case for my...
Mar 28, 20212 min read


First Sign of Spring
Have you ever had to take a test filled with questions such as: If Mr. Jones bought a house for $250,000, what color did he paint the...
Mar 27, 20211 min read


Clutter and Feelings
I realized something this morning: I inadvertently was making my children responsible for how I feel. That's not their responsibility. ...
Mar 25, 20211 min read


Root Beer Floats
The house is un-tornadoed for the night, if you don't count the loads of laundry to fold both in the dryer and out, plus the torn-up...
Mar 24, 20211 min read


Am I Good Enough?
Today was definitely not a pretty parenting day. It was a day to try my soul like no other, starting from the starting gun of the alarm...
Mar 23, 20212 min read


The Un-Tornado
The emoji with the wide open eyes and a look that says "Eek!" is appropriate every time I step into my daughter's room to clean it. I had...
Mar 21, 20212 min read


Pie & Ice Cream For Lunch
Some days, I'd like to crawl back into bed and restart the day on a different note. That was today. I'm not going to use this post to...
Mar 19, 20212 min read


One Year With Jesus
March 15th marks the day my brother Jordan died unexpectedly one year ago. Our family has gathered for the past few days to spend time...
Mar 16, 20213 min read


Campfire-ing With Cousins
My sister, her husband, and their three children came late last night for a stay at our house for the next few nights during some family...
Mar 13, 20212 min read


How Much Cleanup Really Happens When Children Clean Up?
What does cleaning up the kitchen look like at your house? At my house, the picture is different depending on the time of day. If I...
Mar 11, 20212 min read


What Challenge?
I couldn't figure out why I was so tired at 4:00 in the afternoon, a tiredness that followed me through until 7:00 and later. Well, it...
Mar 10, 20211 min read


Productive Procrastination
I just read this blog post from my sister about the goodbyes that you never get to say as a mother: goodbye to one phase, hello to...
Mar 6, 20211 min read


Moms Are Scatter-Brained For a Reason
If you ever come across a mom who seems scatter-brained, perhaps you are the mom who seems scatter-brained, let me illustrate one...
Feb 27, 20215 min read


Gray Hair Souvenirs
I've never once colored my hair. Now I'm seeing, especially after a hard day of dealing with whatever blankety-blank came up, gray...
Feb 25, 20213 min read
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