April 1, 2009April 10, 2023family, story of my life, this life together thing Things never turn out quite as expected Last week I announced that I would be abstaining from the internet in order to better notice the transitions in our home […] Read more
March 27, 2009April 10, 2023One Thousand Gifts, story of my life, this life together thing 1000 Gifts-Week 22 (The gift of water) “Good afternoon ma’am. It really is getting to be a warm afternoon out here. My name is Bob, I’m from the Sparklett’s […] Read more
March 26, 2009April 10, 2023analyzing the ties that bind, the parenting files, this life together thing the image of a woman I’m not much closer to this ideal than I was two years ago when I first posted this. If anything I have […] Read more
March 24, 2009April 10, 2023analyzing the ties that bind, this life together thing Casting Stones and Becoming Lighter I thought it would be appropriate to repost this from a couple of years ago. Especially since my dad was just here, […] Read more
February 23, 2009April 10, 2023I want to remember, One Thousand Gifts, The I'm not perfect club, this life together thing 1000 Gifts-Week 17 Sometimes it really hard to remember to be thankful. One or two things that are hard to deal with will shout so […] Read more
February 4, 2009April 10, 2023story of my life, this life together thing On Dating My husband Here’s the thing about going out on dates with your husband infrequently. You kind of get out of practice. Take this Sunday […] Read more
January 20, 2009April 10, 2023this life together thing For My Sister My sister is getting married this week, and it was just her birthday, and I’m missing her, wishing I could be there […] Read more
January 16, 2009April 10, 2023story of my life, The I'm not perfect club, this life together thing Time to look in the mirror I actually started writing this yesterday and didn’t finish. This morning the GH woke up and made us all breakfast, since Fridays […] Read more
January 14, 2009April 10, 2023personal growth, random musings, this life together thing On Mommy Blogging I’ve started to notice something the past little while as I read blogs. And I’m not sure how to say this, so […] Read more
January 9, 2009April 10, 2023One Thousand Gifts, The I'm not perfect club, this life together thing 1000 Gifts Friday-Week 11 Sometimes I find myself wondering around in a bitter funk. It’s characterized by the question, “Why bother?” and usually is sparked by […] Read more