“On the road again…just can’t wait to get on the road again” are song lyrics written by a man who clearly has never carted 8 related children around in a […]
Category: parenting
Giggling, two of my little boys made their way in my direction (poking and shoving all the while). The 9 year old was toting a hardcover book in his hands […]
Freshly picked bouquets stacked in bunches, lovely hydrangeas planted in bright pink pots, cards spilling out into the store aisles and 1-800-BUY-HER-THIS commercials repeating on the radio: all reminders that […]
“Why? Why didn’t she just follow my example? Why hadn’t she been able to figure it all out just the way I wanted her to,” I considered. I didn’t […]
When we started out, just the two of us, my husband and I were clueless. He is an only child and my siblings didn’t show up until I was 10 […]
When my older boys were little I made Halloween costumes (from sewing Buzz Lightyear to creating a bull out of a cardboard box), threw themed birthday parties (Veggie Tales and […]
“Please, pass the mashed potatoes and don’t hog the gravy.” Some of my best memories revolved around the dinner table. Holidays and many in-between days found me settled at […]
Just another week in Brelinskyville I say. And by that I mean: traveling to celebrate our first graduate, hosting 86 of the world’s most awesome party guests, a stray peacock, […]
Doing the baby jig at the rear of the adoration chapel, I glanced down at the book of thanksgiving. Perusing the list of gratis for health and healing, family and […]
To-do list: wash laundry scrub toilets wipe counters make bed graduate son √ mop floors pay bills Hey wait, did you catch that? I just √ED off an item on […]