Yearly Archives: 2015

My Dad is the hardest working person I know.Most days of the week he is flying all over the country helping some manufacturing plant run properly. He's a beast at…

We were all resting well and quiet, just passed midnight, in the dark hours of the day yesterday.All three children were tucked and snuggling.Mom and Dad had laid heads on…

I was on an overnight in Austin.The hotel room had a wide window facing the heart of that self-proclaimed weird city.Upon entering I placed my bags in a corner -…

It isn't as early as I'd like.It's already bright and warming outside, the birds have already announced their awakening - and so have my children.They are holed up in their…

I was standing in the worship service with all the other congregants.Music was pouring from speakers and words were up on a screen.Some were holding their coffees in distant participation.Others…

A few weeks ago...I watched him whittle wood.From the living room - I leaned over the back of the couch and stared at this first boy of mine... chiseling tree.This…

I picked this house for the pines.Those skyscraping trees all deeply rooted into the bed of our backyard...they are why I signed the lease.There are three of them there....providing shade,…

Daddy is doing breakfast this morning....So Mama can have a minute to post and ponder before the day takes off and hits cruising.I haven't felt particularly well lately. Something viral…

No matter the weather I always open a window when I wake.No matter cloud or sun or pouring, cool or humid or hot....I shift leftward locks to the unlatch position…

Gosh, it took a village to birth that trip.And it took the trip to birth new passions in me.And the part that so many people played in it all -…