Spring gleaning
It’s 5:48am and I open my sunroom doors to check the temperature of the air while my coffee brews. Immediately it hits my face. Ah. Spring. At last. I greet the day like a hope […]
It’s 5:48am and I open my sunroom doors to check the temperature of the air while my coffee brews. Immediately it hits my face. Ah. Spring. At last. I greet the day like a hope […]
My granddad died last week at the ripe old age of 81. Since his passing, memories of him in all different stages/ages of my life have fondly reeled through my mind like old movies. Details […]
“Becoming a mother leaves no woman as it found her. It unravels her and rebuilds her. It cracks her open, takes her to her edges. It’s both beautiful and brutal; often at the same time.” […]
You know the drill. You wake up and make your way in a haze to the coffee pot. If you’re lucky, you get five minutes before the kids get up and so begins the daily […]
Many years ago, my first article for SOKY was about trying to slow down and capture those fleeting, precious moments with my family. I’ve tried to make that happen more often in my life. (I […]
Panic. Stress. Worry. These three words describe how I feel about the stage of parenting I’m currently in. My middle child, Savannah, becomes a teenager this month. Wow! Now I have two teenagers I’m trying […]
“Hey, Mommy”… “Hey, Mommy”… Over and over again I hear this sweet sing-song voice call, “Hey, Mommy” and then proceed to ask me a million questions. Or maybe she has a story to tell me […]
I’m overwhelmed. I’m not sure how things have gotten back to a point where everything seems so chaotic again. Could it be having four children? Could it be that all four children are here all […]
I’m writing this article in the midst of the Corona Virus pandemic. Last week the schools had their last day of in-person classes. This week some businesses are being shut down and other businesses such […]
Raising children is hard. Much harder than anyone tells us when we are in those happy months of planning for baby’s arrival. Rarely does anyone expound upon how all of the sleepless nights leave […]
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