{Image credits: PSE 11; Valentine brushes from Jessica Sprague} Sometimes it’s overwhelming to love the hard-to-love. The eighth grader with crossed arms and glaring from eye slits. The third grader… Read more Little Matters to Love →
The sun is shining in my corner of the world, as Claire, Terje, and Robin nominated me for the Sunshine Award. Thank you! You make my heart warm. Here are… Read more A Bit of Sunshine →
You are enough. You are made for this time and this place. There is work just for you to do and no one can do it quite like you. Instead… Read more You are Enough {Coffee for Your Heart} →
Twelve months ago I was apprehensive to claim this word as mine for 2013. Now, from this perspective, I can’t imagine a better word to teach me what I needed… Read more What SHINE taught me {OLW 2013} →
If you were to watch our daughter Stephanie it wouldn’t take long to realize she doesn’t have a lot of grace. She is an athlete at her very core, but her motions aren’t fluid, her movements aren’t graceful. She is strong and bold and quick, but she doesn’t have a lot of grace. Instead she clomps and clunks. Regularly she trips, falls, and runs into people and objects. She doesn’t mean to hurt us, but she just doesn’t have a lot of grace. She sometimes gets frustrated with the constant… Read more {grace} Five Minute Friday →
Go. Together.Brothers. They are learning to depend on together. It happens in ordinary moments. Sometimes sifting through arguments or misunderstandings. Ultimately, brothers are built as moments pile together forming trust… Read more {together} Five Minute Friday →
Welcome to the first official CELEBRATE This Week link-up! Grab the button. I’m glad you are here and hope you will join the CELEBRATE link-up. Here are the guidelines: Every… Read more The First Official CELEBRATE This Week Link-Up →
Go Laundry is my nemesis. A few years ago, I decided that I should embrace it for what it is: a sign of a healthy family. That made laundry tolerable. This summer I wondered what would happen if I quit rushing every load and instead took my time. So I’ve been trying to enjoy laundry. I tell myself to be thankful for the dirty knees and the extra practice clothes. I tell myself to smile at the inside out arms because these arms won’t always be little. I tell myself… Read more {laundry} Five Minute Friday →
When we adopted Jordan last January he left his second grade class in the middle of reading aloud Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. One of the first things… Read more The Power of Books to Bond a Family →