Daily Step – Have you been showing up?
I haven’t been showing up. I’ve been falling asleep every night on the couch or in my bed around 7. I wake up at 4:15 and...
Ad Majorem – "Toward the Greater"
I haven’t been showing up. I’ve been falling asleep every night on the couch or in my bed around 7. I wake up at 4:15 and...
⠀“Mom, wake up, I have to tell you something mom.” This was the sound that greeted me at 2 AM from one of my boys. Man...
To my boys on their first day of school, In their welcome packets, your teachers asked me what my goals for you this year were. I...
My mornings look so different this week. For months I was waking up at 6:15 AM and having some much needed quiet time before my boys...
Yesterday we buried our dog. My husband had Whooley for 18 years. I, not a pet person, got two dogs with the marriage almost 8 years...
When did they transform? I think I missed it even as I was staring at them day after day over the last five months. Somewhere in...
On a walk recently, one twin ran home with a bloody knee. Yes, I said ran. I’m forever impressed by the resiliency of little kids. The...
In the early days of quarantine, I spent a lot of time on Amazon. I looked for school supplies for my oldest and art supplies to...
“Wow, mommy, look! The box fits a human!” In my quest over the last week to super-organize my house (aka control what I could control), I...
“I kinda miss them.” I don’t know what kind of person you are when it comes to cleaning. But me? I’m the kind that gets the...