My husband has been encouraging me to start blogging again for a couple years. I have been wanting to as well, but with two littles constantly demanding my attention, I haven't made it a priority. But I still have lots to say and almost every day I find myself thinking that would be worth sharing on... Continue Reading →
I Love Christmas
This is what it's all about. There is a bigger story. And it's beautiful.
A Dog Named Havana
There's the kind of grieving you do when someone is taken from you and then there's the kind of grieving that comes from giving someone or something up voluntarily. For the last year and a half, I've been well acquainted with first kind of grief.But now I'm experiencing the second. And while comparing my decision to... Continue Reading →
The Gift of a Pain-Free Day
I should feel lucky, I guess. Most of the time I forget I even have a disease. After years of trying different treatments, I found a drug that manages my Rheumatoid Arthritis so well that I rarely have any symptoms at all. Add to that the fact that it goes into remission when I'm pregnant.... Continue Reading →
19 Months and 10 Days
That's how long it took Cara to take her first steps. We have been waiting for this day for a long time, so when it finally arrived, it called for immediate celebration. We dropped everything and went out for gelato. (We thought that her first gelato was an appropriate treat for the little Italian.) When... Continue Reading →
The Lazarus Effect
The other night my husband and I were watching our favorite Food Network show online. Typically when we watch shows on Hulu, we see the same lame-o commercials, over and over and over. It's annoying. (The price we pay for not paying for TV, I guess.)So we were surprised to, out of the blue, see... Continue Reading →
On Parenting
As the mother of a 16-month-old and another on the way, I've been thinking a lot of the kind of parent I want to be. How much do I shelter my kids from the world? How much do I let them learn things "the hard way?" How much do I protect them? What is my... Continue Reading →
Speaking the Truth
This video has been making its rounds on Facebook. I hadn't watched it, just assuming it was another overly-hyped video that had gone viral around my Christian-saturated Facebook world. But so many people commented on it, that I finally sat down to watch it.I'm so glad I did. I love it. This is TRUTH. And... Continue Reading →
How I Found Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving I'm having a hard time figuring out how I feel. I know how I'm "supposed" to feel, but honestly I don't feel very thankful. Rather, sad and little bit angry. I think of Thanksgiving last year, and I guess the thing that I'm thankful for this year is that last year is over.... Continue Reading →
Our Culinary Adventure: A Night in Brazil
In one of my recent posts, I mentioned how traveling is one of the few interests Chris and I share. But I now realize that I forgot about a big one...We share a love of food. We love eating. We love cooking together. We love trying out new restaurants. (Which, I might add, is quite... Continue Reading →
These Words of Mine 