Love

As I've been reading all of these amazing posts for our Spread the Love series, amidst the red-and-white-and-pink madness of Valentine's Day all around us, I started to think about my marriage.  I'll admit, I see these posts on...

November: the beautiful month full of life’s little pleasures. You can watch squirrels so diligently gather and hide acorns for the winter, see wild turkeys majestically strut across the empty fields, and see children’s sweet breath as they run...

I remember the first time I yelled at my daughter.  It was a cold winter’s evening and I was trying to put her to sleep. She was 18 months old. I could hear the dogs in the apartment above...

Sometimes, as a writer, I hit that dreaded road block.  You know the one.  Writer's block.  It is no myth, my friends.  It exists.  And it hits you when you least expect it (or at least that's when it...

Tonight I'm making enchiladas. One of our favorite meals. It's simple, and yummy, and we can eat the leftovers for days because let's face it, our small children prefer a cheese quesadilla from the microwave and therefore the entire...

Home. What is home? The dictionary defines it as: 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family or household. 2. the place in which one's domestic affections are centered. These definitions have many interpretations....

The holiday season is such a magical time. Sparkly lights, colorful decorations, yummy treats, presents piled under a pine tree, special movies to watch, shopping trips, and visits to see Santa…the season is practically bursting at the seams with...

In the BC {Before Children} era, the hubs and I would spend many Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays alone together. We would watch movies, go on bike rides and do dinner at a place that didn’t have a kid’s menu....

I remember the day vividly. Butterflies swarmed in my swollen belly as the ultrasound tech studied the monitor above us. All three of us (me, the hubs, and Edison) watched the little baby squiggle and wiggle inside me. “Do you...

I've always loved back-to-school time.  The falling leaves, the cool breeze, the school supplies (I'll admit I have an obsession with new pens and paper...).  I've always been a bit of a school-nerd, and the thought of packing up...