Month: February 2014

Husband Love Uncategorized

We Should Get Jerseys

’cause we make a good team but yours would look better than mine ’cause you’re out of my league. And I know that it’s so cliché to tell you that every day I spend with you is the new best day of my life. And everyone watching us just turns away with disgust it’s jealousy; […]

Friends Uncategorized

Someone You Admire

Dear Child of Mine, I want to teach you, with my words and by my example, how important it is to surround yourself with people you admire. Lest you think I am implying that you ought to ogle over someone famous or uphold a person to the point of idolization, that is most definitely not […]

About Me Uncategorized

Crochet: Ear Warmers

Dear Child of Mine, You should know that your mother can  be crafty, but most of the time she chooses not to be. I have scrapbooked, made jewelry, learned rudimentary knitting in college (haven’t touched those needles since), and crocheted. My craftiness goes in spurts –which I attest to in my Occasional Crafter board on Pinterest — and […]

Confessions Contentment Husband Uncategorized

Downsizing Lessons

Over the past five and a half years of marriage, we’ve lived in five different homes. Each one has had it’s own purpose, it’s own cost of living, it’s own quirks, it’s own redeeming qualities. Some of these moves have been necessitated by life’s circumstances, but we’ve learned lessons in each move. Immediately following our […]

Friends Infertility Uncategorized

Stage Sisters

No, Child, I’m not referring to friendships I’ve made in the theater. (Although I would LOVE to be in another musical someday…but that’s another conversation for another time.) I want to tell you about the little community of sisters who surround me, envelope me in their love, bare their own needs, and share burdens. These […]

Food Husband Uncategorized

Valentine’s Tradition

  Dear Child, Years ago, probably our sophomore year of college, your dad and I decided that pizza would be our Valentine’s tradition. Rather than adding another holiday to the list of expenses and extravagant expressions of love, we thought we’d have fun exploring the local pizza joints – a new restaurant every year. This has given us something […]

Confessions Jesus Uncategorized

Sacred Space

Dear Child of Mine, I want you to know how important it is for me to be alone with God in my Sacred Space each day. This time apart from you and daddy, your brothers and sisters, isn’t because I don’t like you or I don’t want to be with. On the contrary! I am going […]

Confessions Husband Love Uncategorized

Craving Campfires

Dear Child of Mine, As I look out from our cozy little apartment, I since inches upon inches of fluffy white snow. It’s beautiful, it really is. And I’m so thankful for the loveliness of each unique flake. It has been years since I last experienced a true WINTER – one filled with snow days and […]

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