March 3, 2012April 10, 2023capturing contentment, I want to remember, we like adventures Pretty, Funny, Happy, Real – Safari Park Thursday we decided last minute to head to the Wild Animal Park. It was chilly, I wasn’t expecting much, but the kids […] Read more
February 25, 2012April 10, 2023I want to remember, we like adventures Little trashes the dress + an adventure We went out to the sticks for Lemon Week with Brenda and Bug. See Bug patiently smiling for the photo while my […] Read more
February 6, 2012April 10, 2023capturing contentment, I want to remember, One Thousand Gifts Thank-you A few weeks ago I told the story of some wonderful friends who came to the rescue in ways that were very […] Read more
January 25, 2012April 10, 2023I want to remember, One Thousand Gifts Never Alone Sometimes I lose perspective. Ok, a lot of times I lose perspective. I get over whelmed by straws, many tiny little straws […] Read more
December 24, 2011April 10, 2023analyzing the ties that bind, family, I want to remember And the Girl is 8 Hello solstice child, The pagan doula who attended your birth held you for a while waiting for a gift from you, born […] Read more
December 20, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, life with short people Little is 5! Dear Little, I’m not sure how this happened. You are still my baby girl, yet so big, yet so little, yet so […] Read more
December 7, 2011April 10, 2023A Non Commercial Christmas, Celebrating Together, I want to remember, life with short people, the church year for children St. Nicholas Day – How our family deals with Santa Claus If you’ve been reading here a long time you would know that we try to avoid the standard commercialism of the Christmas […] Read more
November 10, 2011April 10, 2023I like to make stuff, I want to remember Wedding Pictures So thanks to Veronica Mitchell’s suggestion I am trying to do NaNoWriMo this month. Yeah, my odds of finishing a book while […] Read more
November 7, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, One Thousand Gifts, The I'm not perfect club, the parenting files What to do with failure, counting blessings He comes to me in the evening as teeth are being brushed and baths are drawn. “Could I talk to you in […] Read more
October 24, 2011April 10, 2023I want to remember, the parenting files 10 years old It was your auntie Ana who pointed it out to me. “You have your first double digit child.” I hadn’t really thought […] Read more