We all have goals in life. For some it’s to achieve a certain profession or maybe a certain material thing like a house. But kids don’t live by goals like adults often do, no, they live by dreams. I’d like to think that I still live a lot of my life through ardent dreams. Children…
Awake, thou wintry earth – Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! ~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn” I love spring. Trees sprouting new leaves, flowers blooming, birds chirping and kids antsy to meet the new life that is springing up everywhere. I love driving down a windy street that is…
Don’t you hate those morning when you wake up tired? You went to bed tired and yet the night just brought tossing and turning. Even more frustrating is that there isn’t a good reason or a specific “thing” you can put your finger on that causes you to drag in the morning…
I can remember the wallpaper. It was filled with blue, white, and gray clouds. The potty was so high off the ground I felt like I was in the clouds – in the most terrifying of ways. There were red airplanes flown by chubby brown bears. The sink was higher than a radio tower on…
A week flies by and I think back of what has been accomplished. Its a plethora of madness with a baby sprouting her first tooth, a toddler truly becoming a boy, me finding myself in new responsibilities at work and Chris being there to support us through it all. We are growing here and this…