When my husband first started cueing TED talks for us, I'd try to convince him to go for Modern Family instead. But it wasn't long before I caught on. A TED talk means you are twenty minutes away from feeling like you can do amazing things. I've spent a lot of time narrowing it down, and these are …
Gold
This is one family outing I'd like to remember. To see our last weekend that merited an entire post of pictures with few words, click here. You all have a great week! …
Creating a Vision Board for Your Life
With the freshness of the new year, the concept of a vision board popped into my head and I almost instantly wrote down five words that I want to draw into my life. Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally?), I also happened to be thumbing through some old journals, and I came across the first …
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Why I Wish I Knew You as a Mom
Maybe we know each other better than we think we do... You can find the rest of this post at Simple As That. I can imagine you, doing all the same things I'm doing. Pushing the grocery cart with one hand because that crafty baby keeps escaping the flimsy seatbelt. Texting with …
It Was Never Random
I know I'll miss these years, too. Just like I miss the early days of Ryan and Erica. I wrote that line in 2007, two years after Ryan and I were married. I was looking back on the euphoria of our dating days and looking forward to the excitement of adding a baby to our family. Three months …
Why We Gave Up on Datenight
It comes down to one simple reason. I'm tired. I think it goes with the territory for, oh, twenty years or so when you are a parent. When our boys were little, only my husband or I could put them down for the night. So we'd plan to have a friend or a babysitter come over after they fell …
