Andrew and Haley and I drove out to Provo this past weekend to spend a few days of their fall break visiting Tom’s mom. After a couple of years of falls and mini-strokes and various ailments that come and go, she has reached the point of needing someone in her home all the time, “just in case”. Luckily for everyone, […]
So I’ve been AWOL – not deliberately, but I haven’t felt like I have anything interesting to say, or I’ve been too lazy to get my pictures uploaded. Still, lame excuse. Going to try and post more regularly. This post is an update on a couple of things I’ve talked about here. First – my scripture reading plan. I’m on […]
When I was much younger (like in high school and college) I quite enjoyed keeping a daily schedule. I picked out a planner each year and took a lot of pleasure in “booking” all my obligations. Weird, I know … When I got married and then had Spencer I never really had a schedule. My life wasn’t that complicated, and […]
Every year I vow that I’m going to throw half birthday parties for Andrew and Haley, because 1) they share a birthday and 2) it falls in December!! Really – who can throw two birthday parties in December? Usually what happens is we frantically invite two or three friends to join us at the pool in early December because I […]
Is this what all my two readers are wondering?? I know that when my favorite bloggers go quiet I certainly start wondering. In my case, I’ve just been too lazy to blog – or too busy, can’t decide! We are in our final weekend until school starts again and I’m actually feeling a little sad because there were a few […]
In Mark 8:35 we read: “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.” – Christ and the Children For awhile now I’ve been trying to get at the source of the anger I feel when I’m dealing with Andrew’s difficult behaviors. I […]
Just a quick note to say that I have added some reviews to my Book Reviews page – specifically “Good Bookclub Reads”. Plus I added all the Newberry’s I’ve read lately. Need to keep working on this …
I just got done reading a truly heart-breaking post by one of my favorite adoption bloggers. She’s got a child (two really, but one is not living in their home anymore) who is crazy. There is no place for help – no respite in their state, no qualifications for state assistance, nothing. She (and her other children and husband) are […]
I spent the better part of today driving. The day did not start out pretty. I woke up to SNOW (which is never a good sign when you are planning a road trip). And this was the third morning in the row that I got less than six hours of sleep (thank you, early morning seminary). I got back from […]
Why is it that this holiday is so fraught with emotional pitfalls? It seems like a simple thing – set aside a day to honor the work mothers do. And yet each year I read and hear women talk about this holiday in such negative terms. Firstly, there is the question of women who aren’t currently caring for a child […]