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on the cusp: a letter to the future
The scheduler at my OB/GYN’s office was explicit in her instructions: no food or drink after midnight. Oh, but prior to midnight… And so, at 11:17 p.m. on the night before you were born, dear baby K, I...
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annabel
I’ve wanted to write this post for weeks now, but every time I try to sit down at the “big computer,” I decide to sleep instead. And also it is really hard to type with one hand. A Birth Story On May...
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it is monday night
It is Monday night. The street lights flickered on a few hours ago, lighting the way home for a few weary travelers. It is Monday night and the children are asleep… finally. The twins made their last...
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annie: two months-ish
Hello Annie! You are two months and three weeks old. The Baby Center email updates are a wonderful reminder of the time that is passing. Even though you have been here for a short period of time, it...
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bedtime
At first, they were quiet. It was 8:35 p.m. Well past bedtime. And then they were talking and singing. I ignored it. And then I heard the first footsteps thunk on the floor over my head. Crap, I...
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’round here…
Just a few diddies, in no particular order… I had Annie on her floor mat, working on rolling over. Ellie came over, intrigued by what was going on. “Ellie, want to help me teach Annie how to roll...
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why I quit
Well, it’s taken me a few months to come out with this, but I quit my day job. Yup. Quit. Good-bye. Donesies. You should know, first and foremost, I loved my day job. Yeah, there were crappy days and...
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showing up
In 2003, for reasons I still don’t understand, we wrote our new family’s first Christmas letter. Frank wasn’t sure why we were writing it at the time and we both thought that this first entry into our...
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housekeeping
Before I get caught up with the blog… Entropy, or the concept that time moves in only one direction, has been a minor distraction of mine for the entirety of my life. I find it fascinating that we can...
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mother’s day
When Mother’s Day draws near, I hold my breath a little bit, as though I am anticipating a punch that never happens. Mother’s Day has become, for me, like sitting down at a feast with all of my...
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fear, uncertainty and doubt
When we moved into our house several years ago, we couldn’t figure out our garage door key pad. The previous owners had never used it and the owners before them couldn’t recall their code. It turns...
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three things: a summer frame of mind
Summertime and the living is… well. Complicated. If you are a small child, the living is VERY easy. Popsicles, bike rides and splashing in the pool… repeat! If you are the cruise director in charge...
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annie is one.
I started this post over a month ago: Annie, my sweet baby, is one and on the verge of walking and talking and expressing herself. It turns out, her past year of docile compliance was just a cover: she...
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gifts of service
I was a little bit nervous to take a spiritual gifts test last week. For the uninitiated, a spiritual gifts test is basically an inventory of what you like to do, what comes naturally to you and how...
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part one: drowning
Why? As Frank and I were emerging from the fog of a hard season of our marriage, we both said that we never wanted to be so far from each other again. Frank asked me to write down our experience so...
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part two: the rescue
This is part two of a three part series about the rescue of a drowning marriage. To read part one, click here. *** “We need help.” These three simple words were immediately followed by lots and lots of...
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part three: the walk
This is part three in a three part series. Read part one here and part two here. So if our marriage had been drowning in the first part and rescued in the second part, part three should surely be our...
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a complicated season
Last Thursday I had an ultrasound scheduled to check on the progress of my pregnancy with our fourth child. Simply looking at the faces of my ultrasound tech and doctor confirmed my fears: there was no...
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has anyone seen emily?
Well hello, 2016. My lack of blogging begs the age-old question: if a mommy-blogger type doesn’t blog, does that mean nothing happened? Possibly. But with three small-ish children, that’s unlikely....
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adulting
Adulting often means doing mundane, responsible, grown-up things instead of the thing you probably really want to do. For example, I don’t really love making dinner a lot of nights. Truth be told, I...
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