In search of giggles…
This morning Marshall was gone to the hospital to round. Lydia crawled into my bed somewhere around 7 and snuggled sleepily until 9. Around 9:20 Carter came bounding into my room, pouncing on my bed....
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Fun with Friends{Summer 2010}
Some of my best memories from when I was a nanny came from fun little things that the girls and I planned whenever they had a break from school. No big fanfare, just some kids getting together and...
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Friday Favorite
My friend Tiffany just opened an etsy store: Sew Cute By Tiffany. She makes the most adorable girl’s clothes(and has the cutest model evah!) *wink*wink*
View ArticlePretty Please with a Cherry on Top
So once a month there’s this photo contest. You submit your photo to greeblemonkey.com and Aimee chooses 10 finalists. Then it’s left up to the public to pick a winner. My photo “He’s Got His Whole...
View ArticleI am never alone
I am never alone. And yet I crave aloneness. I yearn, oh how I yearn for stillness and quiet… For a moment of not being needed, not being called, not being. I love it. I love the chaos. I love the...
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Bridget Ivey
Bridget Ivey is know as Mama by four little Iveys but everyone else knows her as IveyLeagueMama. She shares about life, photography, and crafts on her blog The Ivey League. Bridget has a crazy-big...
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the birth of words
exhausted and unable to sleep, my brain whirs and clicks and spins and there is something within me something that i don’t even know of that is aching to be freed and i think and i pray and i write...
View ArticleOutgrowing Insecurity
For some unknown reason, I thought by the time I was xx years old I would’ve grown up. I would have learned how to balance everything I want to do. I would know what I wanted to do with my life. I...
View Articletwist and twirl and swirl
Darkness still hugs the earth, The Sun begins her pull & tug to the top. Something calls my name & I look up into the indigo morning. Not quite clear, there’s a haze between this world and...
View Articlego. go. go. stop.
Last year I started saying no more than I said yes. I started taking time to do some things I wanted to do. I started reading again. Sewing some, crafting some. For so long (too long) I let other...
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One Thing
One Thing happened and then another and anotherstacking, no piling haphazardly a top each other,ready to crash down in a pile of frustration.I wanted to hide, to slip away for a minute or maybe...
View Articleno one ever told me
you hear all about the moods and the ‘tudes and the eyerollsthe angst and (perceived) agony are no secret to anyonebut there’s one thing that caught me off guard,that stole the air from my lungs and...
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Well, they’re home. What now?
Many of my friend’s children started “homeschooling” on Monday. My children start today. Since we’ve homeschooled before, we’re a little ahead of the game, but things are going to be very different...
View ArticleFour-Seven-Eight
Today went surprisingly well.I mean, no major melt downs or bumps we couldn’t handle.And yet…it still seems… so overwhelming. We have room to roam,a parent at home,plenty of food (and toilet paper) –...
View Articlemore than I ever expected
I almost hate to admit it: how happy I am to be at home.No errands to run.No running late for pick-up.The only running right now is running out of napkins.(Who knew those would be such a hot...
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Year O’Magic
In 2019, Marshall and I both turned 40. As a gift to each other, we bought annual passes to Disney World for the whole fam damily. Our adventure started last Spring Break, and we were supposed to...
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14,981
14,980 days. That’s how many days I’ve livedhow many mornings I’ve greetedhow many days I’ve laid to resthow many days I’ve had a grandparentalive and cheering me on and for a reason I can’t quite...
View ArticleMoments Become Memories
A few months ago, I went to a baby shower where they asked attendees to write down some advice about parenting. I went back and forth between wanting to write down little tidbits of info I’d learned...
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Eighteen Wishes
When Tucker turned eight, I wrote a post called Eight Wishes, and it’s hard to believe I posted that ten years ago! And even though everything I said there still remains true to this day, I think it’s...
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