My daughter turned 10 this month. Stop. The. Clock. Just yesterday I bent over her bassinet, tears streaming down my face, watching her tiny body breathe deeply in sleep, while begging God for help. I felt so inadequate to be a mother. I couldn’t believe they let me bring her home from the hospital. A […]
Little Miss Sunshine
Everyone Starts Like This
We took the kids ice skating for the first time this week. Despite my childhood visions of being the next Olympic skating champion, I’ve now been on ice skates a total of 3 times. We laced up our rented skates and hobbled to the outdoor rink. The sun was exceptionally bright for January. Some skaters […]
You don’t have to be good at everything
[pinit] In kindergarten, I knew math would never be my thing. Mid-year we took a math quiz, and the teacher pinned the quizzes of all those who got 100% on the bulletin board. She handed my quiz back saying, “If you want to correct the problems you missed, I’ll pin yours on the board too.” […]
A story from Little Miss
Little Miss, who’s in 3rd grade this year, came home with a story she wrote for school the other day. The premise was to write a story about what might happen if your pet came to school. Except, we don’t have any pets (tragic, I know). So not only did she have to write a […]
Grace on the floor
[pinit] By the third day of school, jet lag had fully caught up to us. It was all I could do to drag myself out of bed while my body screamed that it was only 3 a.m. in California. Nevertheless, the kids had a bus to catch. Little Miss stared into space over her bowl […]
5 ways to slow down this summer
[pinit] How can this be the last week of June already?! It seems like school just got out last week, but here we are at the end of June. If you’re like me, the days often feel long, but the weeks slip through your fingers like sand. Here are a few things we’ve done this […]