From Scratch: The Power of Creating
The other day I took the kids to the craft store. Armed with $2.00 each, they were on a mission to pick out something fun we could do on a muggy day. LuLu spotted modeling clay, and exclaimed, “Play dough [...]
The other day I took the kids to the craft store. Armed with $2.00 each, they were on a mission to pick out something fun we could do on a muggy day. LuLu spotted modeling clay, and exclaimed, “Play dough [...]
My husband and I decided to take LuLu and Little Man to the town carnival on Saturday night. Lu was counting the minutes until we left and Man was in awe at the lights on the ferris wheel. It was [...]
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” ~Henry David Thoreau In 2004, I took a trip to Italy by myself. It was for several weeks, not a year, but it was my quest to find balance, [...]
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” ~Henry Ford So it was Saturday afternoon and I decided to take LuLu and Little Man to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I just felt like doing something domesticated, and instead [...]
A friend contacted me the other day and told me after 2 years of fighting it, she gave up her resistance to contact lenses. She said while her eyes dry up pretty quickly and sometimes they’re hard to put in, [...]
My husband and I always say we feel like Millana (aka LuLu) and Ewing (aka Little Man) have been in our lives forever. We can’t even remember a time without them, and are blessed to have them in our world. [...]
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” My husband surprised me with a new bike. It has been over fifteen years since I’ve actually owned a bike, and I have to admit, [...]
“A blimp! A blimp, mommy!! I can’t believe it’s flying above our house!! It’s SOOOO cool!!!” Millana sang and danced around the yard with EJ jumping and following behind, chiming in with “Whoa! Wow! A blimp!!” It was genuine excitement [...]