The day is fast-approaching. It's less than a month now until I turn 40. I feel like I'm recording my last will and testament here. ...

I've learned that some people don't make sense, and that's okay. You know the ones: She's in the express lane checkout ...

Brian and I have plans for the future. There's a good chance that all won't go quite as planned, but one of our plans is that I will...

Introduction: I wrote this entry ("Doing") after a long day of mothering. After I published it and read it through again I realize...

This probably sounds bad, but I’m so done with being pregnant. I feel like I’m supposed to love this time—that I should be bathing everyo...

So here's the deal. Awhile ago I wrote this  letter to Facebook on my blog. It was bold and I was happy that I wrote it, and I really me...

Cal wants to grow his hair out “until it touches his shirt.” I don’t know how to respond to this. Is this acceptable? Do parents let boys ...

When we got home from our epic road trip the beginning of last month, there was a whirlwind of activity around my sister-in-law’s wedding an...

Change is afoot. Or a leg. Or maybe just an enflamed left ankle. Right now as I prop my legs and ankles up under ice packs it seems like c...

I feel that I shouldn’t be silent as a blogger on the anniversary of our nation’s tragic day ten years ago, or simply write about something ...

As those of you who know our kids and/or read my blog often know, Cal is a very figurative thinker who is astute at voicing similes. He call...

Last fall I had fun going through tons of old pictures and found some similarities between Brian and me and the boys. I just now stumbled up...

Today I had a thought. Just one, but it was there. Remember all those things I used to know? So many things! I compiled a list for you. And ...